T-Square Design Associates

阪神間でも人気の高級住宅地、苦楽園に建つ住宅である。元々大きなお屋敷が建っていた場所を数区画の宅地に割った内の一番奥が今回の計画地である。敷地の裏側には広大な森林が広がり、様々な樹種が生い茂っており、初めて計画地を訪れた時、まるで自然のキャンバスのように見えた。オーナーもそれを気に入っておられたようで、その自然のキャンバスを出来る限り室内に取り込みながら計画を進めることになった。外部からは裏の自然が見えないような建物形状とし、代わりに全面木板張りという新たな自然の壁を構成し、訪問者を迎えているが、一旦内部に入れば、室内のどこにいても、可能な限り、裏の自然を感じれるような空間とした。これは苦楽園ならではの敷地条件と、そのことを、最大限活かすことが主課題となっている住宅である。

写真：絹巻豊

This house is located in Kurakuen, a popular high-end residential area in the Hanshin area. The site where this project is being planned is the furthest of several housing lots that were divided on land where a large mansion once stood. Behind the site is a vast forest with a variety of tree species growing thickly. When I first visited the planned site, it looked like a natural canvas. The owner seemed to like that, so we decided to proceed with the plan while incorporating as much of that natural canvas into the interior as possible. The building is shaped so that the nature behind the building cannot be seen from the outside, and instead a new natural wall is created with wooden boards all over to welcome visitors, but once inside, the space is designed so that you can feel the nature behind as much as possible no matter where you are inside the room. This is a house whose main challenge is to make the most of the unique site conditions of Kurakuen.

Photo：Yutaka Kinumaki