HH House By Miyahara Architect Office in Nishitokyo, Japan

HH House interior glass ceiling

HH House interior skylight

HH House interior stairs

HH House interior wall

HH House By Miyahara Architect Office

HH House interior cupboard

HH House completed as a home for the brother and sister, as a house that can switch lifestyles and family units between weekdays and weekends. House HH can switch modes between weekdays and weekends by taking action to seek the light, that is, by opening the sliding door next to the stairs and corridors. This is joined with two main rooms on each floor together through the stairs and outside garden lights, so that in one main room filled with light – the space for the population as a family. Sliding door also serves to divide the first floor area into two, creating a smaller space with privacy. On weekends and holidays, the layout takes on the appearance of one main room and two bedrooms for a family. The first floor is for brothers and sisters to the second floor. Although the room does not mean big as the limited area of the site, storage capacity is enough and varied nuances of the contribution ceiling in room atmosphere, rich in fun and warm. Large second-floor corridor and the lights on the floor are made with fiberglass reinforced plastic gratings, allowing light to filter through to the first floor. This makes it possible for people on the first floor which felt the presence of people on the second floor, and vice versa. The first floor corridor, which is filled with light, is paved with concrete tiles which continue to the road ahead. In other words, the corridor has been designed as outer space, which serves as a buffer zone to separate brothers and sisters on weekdays, and serves as the park lights to bring the two together as a family on the weekends.

Miyahara Architect Office