14-10-2015

Ishibe House by ALTS DESIGN OFFICE

Sumiou Mizumoto, Yoshitaka Kuga,

Shiga, Honhsu, Japan,

Apartment,

Design, contemporary,

Ishibe House is the latest project by Japanese architecture firm, ALTS DESIGN OFFICE.



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Ishibe House by ALTS DESIGN OFFICE Ishibe House is the latest project by Japanese architecture firm, ALTS DESIGN OFFICE. A house in the prefecture of Shiga on the island of Honshu that hides a warm, friendly heart behind its streamlined shape.



A simple, two-storey box with a small porch: from the outside, Ishibe House - the latest project by Japanese architecture firm ALTS DESIGN OFFICE (Sumiou Mizumoto and Yoshitaka Kuga) - located between a well-established residential zone and new lots in the prefecture of Shiga, has been designed as if it were a warehouse. 
This was the brief of the clients, who were bent on renovating a warehouse to create their home there and give it a kind of historical patina; they abandoned that idea when they realised it would cost almost as much to refurbish the way they wanted it as it would for a new build.





So, the architects at ALTS DESIGN OFFICE came up with a project that reflects the shape of a warehouse, but that has warm, friendly interiors designed for contemporary living.





The two levels are a combination of open plan living featuring different types of wood - the stand-out material used for the interior design - around a kind of  “white cube” providing privacy. The fact that Ishibe House is a new build means the occupants are guaranteed durability and energy saving, something not quite so simple to assure in the case of a repurposed building.



So, ALTS DESIGN OFFICE has managed to bring together the client's design requirements with a sustainable building and simple, invitingly elegant interiors, for a house that is built for people. Not only that, but even though it is new, it still gives you an idea of temporal depth.

Christiane Bürklein

Project: ALTS DESIGN OFFICE (Sumiou Mizumoto / Yoshitaka Kuga) http://alts-design.com/
Gross area: 119.24 m² 
Location: Shiga/Japan 
Completion: September 2015 
Images: Courtesy of ALTS DESIGN OFFICE
Link: Kusatsu House

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