Works
house
Title
satoyama red roof tiled house（ Izumo）
2024
Comment
A cypress tree that had grown for 50 years in the mountain behind the house has been reborn as a new private home. While working as a farmer, the owner himself cut down the wood for one house (about 200 trees).
The main house, where three generations will live together, was required to have a traditional appearance, and the house was designed to convey the presence of the family through the atrium, which is centered around the hall.
Most of the trees that were cut down were cypress, with some cedar and broadleaf trees mixed in. Tabu was used for the main pillars, oak for the threshold, cherry for the counter top, and cedar and cypress were used in the right places for structural and fitting materials. The through pillars in the atrium are knot-free on the first floor and knotted on the second floor, revealing the original appearance of the mountain grove.
It took six months to cut down the trees using a crane and chainsaw, six months to let the leaves dry, and two years to let it dry naturally, and it took four years from cutting down the trees to completing the construction, and a space that smells of wood was created. With precise hand-carving, the building was erected horizontally and vertically without any temporary braces when the ridgepole was raised. The wood felled this time was a cypress tree that the owner planted with his father when he was young, and wood from the countryside and red tiles and beams from a demolished old house were reused. A sustainable lifestyle was found in this traditional approach to making effective use of resources.
