{"id":506322,"date":"2026-03-01T00:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:46:13","slug":"metal-terrace-for-potted-plants-fronts-house-in-nakano-by-hoaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506322\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal terrace for potted plants fronts House in Nakano by HOAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese studio HOAA has completed House in Nakano, a timber-lined home<\/a> in Tokyo<\/a> that is buffered from the street by an elevated, looping metal terrace<\/a> for potted plants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 96-square-metre residence in the Nakano ward was designed to act as both a studio and home for HOAA founder Hiroyuki Oinuma and his family.<\/p>\n

\"HouseHOAA has created House in Nakano<\/p>\n

Desiring spaces with garden views but restricted by the compact, built-up site, Oinuma introduced what he calls the Kazari Garden.<\/p>\n

The Kazari Garden is a looped metal terrace for potted plants, raised on metal stilts to be visible from the first-floor living areas. It is named after a Japanese word for ornament or decoration.<\/p>\n

\"HouseIt is fronted by a curving metal terrace<\/p>\n

“I wanted a house with large windows that open onto the garden, but the site was in a densely built-up residential area on three sides except for the road on the north side, so I decided to place the large windows and garden on the north side,” Oinuma told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“However, north-facing windows are generally not popular in Japan as they do not let in much light and create a dark view,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“To solve this problem, I created the Kazari Garden, a looping terrace that bypasses the road to seek out sunlight by the large dining room window on the second floor, adding a sparkling glow to the view from the window.”<\/p>\n

\"HouseThe terrace incorporates steps to the first floor<\/p>\n

While offering space for plants, the raised metal walkway incorporates steps that form a dedicated entrance into the first floor of House in Nakano.<\/p>\n

Here there is a large living, dining and kitchen area, which steps up to two bedrooms at the rear of the home.<\/p>\n

\"HouseWood lines the interior<\/p>\n

A raised, engawa-like space between the garden walkway and the living space frames a ribbon window finished with wired glass.<\/p>\n

This is one of several industrial-style finishes throughout the interior, with others being a stainless steel counter and light fittings made from brass pipe.<\/p>\n

\"HouseShelves display the family’s collection of books and ceramics<\/p>\n

On the ground floor below, HOAA’s studio and workshop sit alongside an additional bedroom, overlooking a smaller back garden and a large planter beneath the home’s internal stair, which is illuminated by a skylight.<\/p>\n

Both the staircase and the living room have been lined with built-in shelving made from the same dark timber that covers the home’s walls and ceilings. These shelves display the family’s collection of books, ceramics, plants and photographs.<\/p>\n

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“The split-floor layout takes advantage of the difference in elevation of the site, so you can see the garden from anywhere. Simply moving around the house unfolds a lyrical landscape like a short film,” said Oinuma.<\/p>\n

“We considered cherished vessels, books, photographs and plants to be representations of our lives up to now,” he added.<\/p>\n

“By surrounding the flow of movement with shelves on which to display these items, we thought that we could create just the right amount of tension in the home, like a small art museum, and foster the motivation to live mindfully in the future.”<\/p>\n

\"HouseThe bedrooms sit at the rear of the home<\/p>\n

House in Nakano is topped by a shallow-pitched metal roof that sweeps down to create a gently curved ceiling above the dining area. Externally, the home is covered in a moss green render chosen by Oinuma to reflect the surrounding planting.<\/p>\n

Other recent residential projects in Tokyo include a home by Keiji Ashizawa, which is wrapped by wooden louvres and sliding shoji screens for privacy,<\/a> and House in Saidera, which\u00a0 Akio Isshiki Architects clad in charred cedar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Takuya Seki<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese studio HOAA has completed House in Nakano, a timber-lined home in Tokyo that is buffered from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,4050,2454,45047,164935,9546,49626,49627,110982,18530],"class_list":{"0":"post-506322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-houses","16":"tag-japan","17":"tag-japanese-architecture","18":"tag-japanese-houses","19":"tag-plants","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionarchitecture","22":"tag-terraces","23":"tag-tokyo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}