Nanjyo, Okinawa, Japan
Category: Private Homes Year: 2022 Architects: Kubota Architect Atelier Lead Architect: Katsufumi Kubota Design Team: Kazuya Toizaki, Kazusa Kubota, and Naoya Yuda Associate Architects: Jo Architecture & Design Office Client: Tsukasa Kinjo Contractor: Maruyoshi Construction Photographers: Katsumasa Tanaka
The site is located between Kudaka Island, which is called the island of the gods, and Sefa Utaki, the most sacred place in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Several slabs were placed on the site between the two so as to follow the flow without blocking the power.
The team has designed a sequence that begins by passing through the low eaves under the suspended slabs and then descends a slope that leads to a tunnel-like space.
As it comes to an end, a world where the mind stands face-to-face with nature.
The site is located between Kudaka Island, which is called the island of the gods, and Sefa Utaki, the most sacred place in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Several slabs were placed on the site between the two so as to follow the flow without blocking the power.
The team has designed a sequence that begins by passing through the low eaves under the suspended slabs and then descends a slope that leads to a tunnel-like space.
As it comes to an end, a world where the mind stands face-to-face with nature unfolds.
