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Ogaki▲House

This is a project by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates and it is located at Gifu, Japan. There are eleven images for Ogaki▲House.

: © Toshiyuki Yano

Project images

Designer's statement

This residential house is introduced from the ambient surrounding and the conditions of site planning.

In winter seasons, the strong west wind (the fall wind of Ibuki) blows in this area

So it is the plan of suppressing the load of the building by extending its roof up to the close to the ground soil and fending off cold winds at the roof.

In summer seasons, it is the structure that discharges the accumulated heat inside to the outside through the VOID of the inner court and the central VOID installed various parts.

It is important to do the idea of the environment (earth) and the idea of architecture at the same time.