The DOMA House Modernizes a Traditional Japanese Element
KiKi ARCHi and TAKiBI joined forces to design and style the DOMA Residence in Kamakura, Japan. The home delivers a modern-day spin on the “doma,” a common Japanese architectural style and design aspect which refers to the transitional area at the entrance of a Japanese household that joins the exterior with the inside on distinctive amounts. In present-day occasions, the “doma” has evolved to turn out to be an entry porch, which the architects expanded on and prolonged the notion for the DOMA Residence.
All through the pandemic, the house owner designed the option to leave the town behind and shift his loved ones to Kamakura, just an hour outside the house of Tokyo, to enable his young ones be young ones. The household is located among two streets with the sea nearby. When setting up, the architects were motivated to style and design an “interacting house” that would allow the household to join with the streets neighborhood, and character. The side of the home that faces the sea opens up for the breezes and can keep on being open for a feeling of continuous movement.
The exterior is clad in grey cement boards which have a stone-like, textured complete, whilst the inside characteristics white walls and wood flooring and design and style elements.
Created for a present day loved ones, the very first ground operates as an open area for routines, with the courtyard, living space, eating home, and kitchen. In addition to staying open up for the ocean air, it enables the kids to come and go as they play. A partly protected passageway connects the two streets and gives an out of doors area for the kids to interact with other neighborhood children.
A corner of the living room opens up with sliding glass doors making the inside experience larger sized.
The home’s main construction was created in just two days with knowledgeable craftsman using both equally a concrete foundation and a traditional Japanese wooden structure where by all the resources had been numbered to make points go quicker.
In the home’s heart, the ceiling turns into double height with an open staircase that connects to open slat walkways on the next flooring. The void will allow much more pure gentle and air flow through the interior.
The living place, which is a stage down from the relaxation of the floor, is included with a mild cork flooring.
KiKi ARCHi founders Yoshihiko Seki and Saika Akiyoshi
Pictures by Koji Fujii.
