House at the Foot of Mt. Asama / norari works

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  • Architects: norari works
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  122
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Yosuke Ohtake
  • Lead Architects: Daiki Sugimori
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House at the Foot of Mt. Asama / norari works - Exterior Photography, Wood, Forest
© Yosuke Ohtake

Text description provided by the architects. This building is a house of a couple in their 50s who own a condominium in Tokyo and live there with their daughters, one of whom is working and the other is a university student. In addition to the owner couple's use for living through a whole year, and usability as a villa (second home) and as a remote work office, the building was required to be used in a variety of situations: The octogenarian grandmother of the daughters can live with the couple there; their cousin can take her husband and children and sleep over there; the couple can invite their friends who own villas in Karuizawa; they can eventually give the villa to one of their daughters; and other situations.

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Cite: "House at the Foot of Mt. Asama / norari works" 06 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029766/house-at-the-foot-of-mt-asama-norari-works> ISSN 0719-8884

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