Reborn House

This is a project of renovating Japanese traditional wooden house which was built 50 years ago. What was required for this project was to remake the space that had been divided into small rooms by SHOJI or FUSUM, Japanese traditional sliding doors made of wood and paper, into the one that would be suitable to modern lifestyle.

Kouichi Kimura therefore made it a goal to not create an open space that fully takes uniform light but produce depth and width with lighting and visual effect. The hanging wall and wing wall are provided to the single living-dining-and-kitchen room, segmenting the space, and creating an expressive sequence which evokes more spaces ahead. These walls function as structural components as well as the elements that produce visual effects. Provided with minimum interior and colored with light and shadow, the house will give affluence and depth to its space, slowly marking the passage of time from now on.

事務所的目標並非創造出光線一模一樣的開放空間，而是運用照明與視覺效果，營造出深度與廣度。客廳與廚房共屬的單一空間採用懸牆與翼牆，讓空間有所分隔，產生具有表現性的順序，進而帶出前方的更多空間。這些牆體的機能既是結構元素，也能打造出視覺效果。此宅的極簡室內與光影色彩，為空間賦予豐富性與深度，緩緩顯示著時間的推移。閱讀本案，可見日式傳統美學所重視之陰翳，從格柵圍籬間漫映入來的綠意，亦有傳統坪庭、簷廊上觀景的自然愜意。新舊共存不是僅將老傢俱放入新空間如此而已，透過舊有基地獨特的採光、風向等環境條件，以傳統屋宅為框架挹注現代生活概念，藉由建築空間，融合過去並藉由現代，投入下一個未來。