Strata
Strata was commissioned to replace a large traditional house in a residential area that was almost completely destroyed by the February 1995 Kobe earthquake and then quickly rebuilt with generic suburban houses. At the most abstract level, a city may be c
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Strata / Strata was commissioned to replace a large traditional house in a residential area that was almost completely destroyed by the February 1995 Kobe earthquake and then quickly rebuilt with generic suburban houses. At the most abstract level, a city may be considered to be an accumulation of disparate elements, the proximity and juxtaposition of which creates vitality and interest. Here, the intricate historical city texture has been lost; the new house must therefore generate an urban synergy within itself. The entire site was treated as a garden, throughout which three independent concrete cylinders—private spaces for different generations of a single family—were dispersed, with a shared wooden volume placed on top. Large translucent acrylic tubes pass vertically through the upper volume, providing natural light to the lower level; at night, the cylinders are artificially lit from within. A number of small glass pavilions (tea rooms) were proposed for the top of the wooden box, but they remain unbuilt. These primary components are stacked in layers without apparent structural, formal, or functional relationships; their simplicity as objects is countered by their complexity as an ensemble. Strata was conceived as a kind of microurbanism, an enclave of density and intensity within a banal suburban context.
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Second-floor plan, scale 1:400
Section, scale 1:200
First-floor plan, scale 1:400
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Program / multigeneration house Location / Uozaki, Kobe Structure / reinforced concrete (first floor), timber (second floor) Total floor area / 5,316 square feet (494 square meters) Site area / 5,360 square feet (498 square meters) Design period / October 1995–November 1996 Construction period / January 1997–April 1998 Contractor / Nakanishi Kensetsu
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