‘bird house’ by katsuhiro miyamoto all images courtesy katsuhiro miyamoto & associates
located in nayoga – city, japan is ‘bird house’ recently completed by japanese architect katsuhiro miyamoto. constructed primarily out of wood the private residence was designed around the natural slope of the property. rather than leveling the slope the architects chose to insert spikes into the ground, so that it would guarantee to be built securely.
by making use of the site characteristics, adjacent to the roads at the top and bottom of the site, the foundation forms a zigzag approach just like a mountain trail – connecting the two roads. at the landings formed at the turning points of the zigzag, there are three ‘sites’. the name ‘bird house’ was given to the three white houses, as it is nested on the branch like foundation.
the main entrance
inbetween the two roads
the staircase connecting the two houses
floor plan
floor plan
section view
project info: title： bird house location： nagoya-city, aichi principal use： residence architects： katsuhiro miyamoto & associates principal in charge： katsuhiro miyamoto project team： keishi yamamoto, takenori uotani structural engineering： masaichi taguchi / taps general contractor： ido kensetsu site area： 428.21㎡ built area： 113.74㎡ total floor area： 117.46㎡ （main building / first floor area： 40.27㎡、 second floor area：67.89㎡ annex / first floor area：9.30㎡） structure：wood: 2 stories completion date： 2010
