Inner garden house

This house is built in the eastern Sapporo, the north of Japan, where residences and factories coexist. The first floor is RC structured, and a big garage and hobby room are located. The second and the third floor are wooden structured, and they are used for the dwelling space. The client requested the residence to be closed from the surroundings, but to keep the relationship with outside environment. To meet this contradicting demand, an enclosed small garden on the second floor was designed. The soft sunlight through the frosted glass is mixed intricately with the direct sunlight to light up the tree, which connects the second and third level of the house. Every living room is facing the garden. Coloring of the trees and the change of light will tell us the seasons and time in the place we live in.