GALLERY

This house, located in a popular area of ​​Iwaki City, is the residence of a family living with 4 dogs and 7 cats.We proceeded with the planning according to the client’s requests, such as “I want to live in peace with my pets” and “I want to open a beauty salon at home in the future”.

The building site where we purchased two plots was a deformed land like a long pentagon extending north and south.We planned private and public zones to the north and south of the building, while taking advantage of the site’s characteristic view of rich nature such as rice fields and forests to the southeast.

A dog run and a terrace are provided on the south side to create a private space where both people and animals can be healed.The north side has a public role as a parking lot, entrance, and salon space.

The living room has large windows up to the ceiling on two southeastern sides to maximize the view that opens in front of you.The outer wall blocks the line of sight from the outside, so that residents can enjoy living without curtains while enjoying nature.

The interior is full of ingenuity to make living with pets comfortable, such as a skeleton staircase that acts as a cat tower for your beloved cats, and a see-through door that allows dogs and cats to enter and exit in the private room.

For the interior, the structure such as beams and ceilings is exposed, and we are particular about making the layout, arrangement, and material size look beautiful as a “visible structure”.

Structural materials with a rustic feel, wooden windows that create rhythm in the space by changing their size and width, and the idyllic rural scenery that spreads beyond.It is a house that realizes a pet-first lifestyle, where simplicity and quality, the comfort of being open to the outside and the security of being closed to the inside coexist.