House with Hooked Multi Level Crossing / ihrmk

Visible or not visible - This is a house for a couple and their children on a corner of a residential zone in Miyoshi City, Aichi. The front road of the house is used by the people of the community as a space where neighbors enjoy their daily chat and children’s playground. The adjacent plot is a parking space for the neighboring apartment building. Considering the environment surrounding the house where one could constantly feel the presence of someone or being watched, we usually close ourselves inside the house. Instead, we tried to create a house with a hook-shaped open space that crosses laterally and vertically to form visible and invisible surfaces, where we could keep an adequate distance and connection with the surroundings.