ArchiCAD course project
Architect Individual work,
Tadao Ando, 2003
Tutor «Soft culture» team
Type Private residential house
Location Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Area 22.56 m2 (floor area)
117.19 m2 (land area)
Presentation PC
PC ArchiCAD, Photoshop
Year 2019
An important part of the concept of the 4×4 house was not only the treatment of light and water, but also the sound of the wind.
For Ando it is truly important that the individuals who occupy his buildings have the spiritual and intellectual experience. In this case, the concept is reflected in the displaced cube situated on the highest level, connecting the individual with the landscape. “…I try to use the forces in a space to restore the unity between the house and nature…” (Tadao Ando).
Tadao Ando used reinforced concrete for the structural system of the first construction and exposed concrete for the exterior walls and interior ceilings.
Once the construction was finished, another client asked Tadao Ando for a similar house on a neighbouring piece of land. With this commission, the architect could complete his original idea of two houses, though without the communication between them that he had envisioned, and using different materials.
