The house which is built in the heavy snowfall area.

I.R.A./international royal architecture as Architects

The house which is built in the suburbs of Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido Japan.


In the first floor, LDK of the slim efficiency which established the stairs in the center, place equipped with a water supply and entrance zone are arranged for the the left and the right flanks as a core.


In the second floor, each private room is adjacent in the space with free space and excursion characteristics consisting of corridors.


Excursion space, these that there are the feels of texture such as LDK which is unified mineral matter, the beam of wall and LVL of lauan plywood UC are connected by the innocence in iron construction stairs through a colonnade and There is it. Directionality to have of the space, public and the private in the house, the different top and bottom floor of the property are dramatic by a delicate boundary line and are replaced.


Architects: I.R.A./International Royal Architecture


Location: Hokkaido , Japan


Design Team: Akinori Kasegai , Daisuke Tsunakawa Collaborators: TOK-TEC / Yoshinori Tokuyasu (Structure design)


Project Year: 2011 Photo credits: I.R.A. Photographer: Nobuaki Nakagawa floor: 2 Structure: Timber

Product Spec Sheet

Project Spotlight
Product Spotlight
News
Fernanda Canales designs tranquil “House for the Elderly” in Sonora, Mexico
12 Dec 2024 News
Fernanda Canales designs tranquil “House for the Elderly” in Sonora, Mexico

Mexican architecture studio Fernanda Canales has designed a semi-open, circular community center for... More

Australia’s first solar-powered façade completed in Melbourne
12 Dec 2024 News
Australia’s first solar-powered façade completed in Melbourne

Located in Melbourne, 550 Spencer is the first building in Australia to generate its own electricity... More

SPPARC completes restoration of former Victorian-era Army & Navy Cooperative Society warehouse
11 Dec 2024 News
SPPARC completes restoration of former Victorian-era Army & Navy Cooperative Society warehouse

In the heart of Westminster, London, the London-based architectural studio SPPARC has restored and r... More

Green patination on Kyoto coffee stand is brought about using soy sauce and chemicals
10 Dec 2024 News
Green patination on Kyoto coffee stand is brought about using soy sauce and chemicals

Ryohei Tanaka of Japanese architectural firm G Architects Studio designed a bijou coffee stand in Ky... More

New building in Montreal by MU Architecture tells a tale of two facades
10 Dec 2024 News
New building in Montreal by MU Architecture tells a tale of two facades

In Montreal, Quebec, Le Petit Laurent is a newly constructed residential and commercial building tha... More

RAMSA completes Georgetown University's McCourt School of Policy, featuring unique installations by Maya Lin
10 Dec 2024 News
RAMSA completes Georgetown University's McCourt School of Policy, featuring unique installations by Maya Lin

Located on Georgetown University's downtown Capital Campus, the McCourt School of Policy by Robert A... More

MVRDV-designed clubhouse in shipping container supports refugees through the power of sport
9 Dec 2024 News
MVRDV-designed clubhouse in shipping container supports refugees through the power of sport

MVRDV has designed a modular and multi-functional sports club in a shipping container for Amsterdam-... More

Archello Awards 2025 expands with 'Unbuilt' awards categories
9 Dec 2024 Archello Awards
Archello Awards 2025 expands with 'Unbuilt' project awards categories

Archello is excited to introduce a new set of twelve 'Unbuilt' project awards for the Archello Award... More