YN-13 House by Morris Sato Studio

The roughly 6000 sq. foot house in three structures was created like a buoyant mass. The primary house’s biased cut of their pitched roof and sticking out corners underscore the main sights towards the landscape. The general monolithic expression and material detailing of the home lend a feeling of permanence and temporality inside the site. Inspired by historic structures of Kyoto and Kanazawa, Japan, the bleached vertical battens and cedar plank siding from the primary and ancillary volumes’ from the guesthouse and garage merge using the terne-covered stainless roofing to create a unified textured appearance between your walls and also the roof.

Within the interior, the minimally partitioned first level enables to have an continuous diagonal flow of attic-like space and also the expansive double glazed in the corners hooking up indoor and outside activities. The 2nd level’s sleeping rooms are pierced with a number of openings and balconies supplying light and sights. A sizable interior void joins the 2 flooring inside a continuous convection of air ventilating the inside. The void furthermore works as a spatial inversion of sunshine in the inner most reason for the amount so that as a counterpoint to fire place and masonry chimney tower on the outside of. The only-storied guest wing and garage structures define a specific courtyard space for that pool, gardens and sights towards the sea beyond.