The Ordinary House is a small house settled on the border of residential area close to Sapporo city central and the forest spreads to the west of Mt. Moiwa. The house has a form close to a cube, with a triangular shape cut out on the east side. The large glassed openings are placed in this triangular cut out space, and also in the atrium facing the deep forest on the southeast.
Having the openings only in these area, and also having various light, differences in floor levels and ceiling heights, all the elements which cause many actions in this house are concentrated in this corner. The goal was to design a house, where the family come together around this complex phenomenon created by these elements, inside this simple form space.
Strong direct light and shadows of the trees through two stories height window in the atrium, indirect light bouncing in from the aluminum wall reflecting the forms of trees and colors of the seasons abstractly, soft transmitted light through a Japanese paper sliding door, and diffused light reflecting off the uneven-polished sloping ceilings.
Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier wanted to design a house with universal factors, not being controlled by trends.
