House in hill - Cell Space architect

Japanese practice Cell Space architects (Mutsue Hayakusa) designed 'house in hill', a single storey villa in Gunma, Japan. Plugged into a south-facing hillside of a wooded site, the design seeks to keep as much of the natural landscape intact by curving around the topography to trace the contours of the land. laced on a low gradient of the hill, the design is initiated by the form of the topography, working with it in order to generate as well as define the space. An outdoor terrace finished in wood wraps around existing trees, filling in the gap between the landscape and the entrance and the house. 


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