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Pelo House

This is a project by mA-style architects and it is located at Shizuoka, Makinohara, Japan. Project's program: Single family house. There are eleven images for Pelo House.

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Project details

Project name: Pelo House
Location: Shizuoka, Makinohara, Japan
Program: Single family house
Area: Site Area: 232.02 m2 • Building Area: 82.46 m2 • Gross Floor Area: 111.44 m2
Year: Completion: March 2010
Project by: mA-style architects
Team: Principal Designers: Atsushi Kawamoto, Mayumi Kawamoto

Project images

Designer's statement

Pelo is Japanese onomatopoeic word, it expresses the sounds that we peel one's off. The wall that is peeled off creates new space and new aperture. The roof that is peeled off creates spatial extent to the sky. The wall that is peeled off turns to the eaves and wraps aperture. The yard that is peeled off turns to the floor and creates flat extent. The only action Pelo, that peel one's off, creates new space and engineers these special quality well. Pelo assumes the various functions and elements, and also would peel new page about what house should be off.