X Marks The Spot

"Requests for the house include: encourages the family to spend time together (rather than isolating anyone); bright with plenty of natural light. The family space is arranged at the center of the site. The private space is arranged at the edge of the site and they connect gradually into one volume. Distance among rooms and curved spaces provide adequate privacy. Each rooms are indistinctly connected to each other via a central space. You can grasp the space visually if the entire space is visible. You can let your consciousness imagine the space if not all is visible. Like walking in a path, not sure of what is ahead. Spaces divided by straight lines relate to rationally. Spaces connected with curving lines relate to ambiguously. What interests us is how rooms connect to each other more than how a room is made. What interests us is the 'air' that curves, crosses, and diffracts."

Photos by Toshiyuki Yano

Source: Sasaki-as