House for Parents Residence

Architecture Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Architecture, Building and Structure Design.

House for Parents Residence
by Masakatsu Matsuyama

Awarded April 15, 2020
CLIENT: MATSUYAMA ARCHITECT AND ASSOCIATES
21.191

House for Parents is a residence on Amami-Oshima Island, an area with a severe subtropical climate and frequent typhoons. A large rectangular roof is supported by a steel framework structure with a four meter span. The roof creates a cool and shaded interior, similar to the space under large trees. The concrete walls stand independently from the roof structure, so the floor plan is free from restrictions caused by columns. Projecting concrete walls extend the common areas outward toward the surrounding island landscape.

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