{"id":12074,"date":"2025-07-15T16:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12074\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:48:06","slug":"garden-rooms-stretch-in-tamada-wakimotos-japanese-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12074\/","title":{"rendered":"garden rooms stretch in tamada &#038; wakimoto&#8217;s japanese home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>tamada &amp; wakimoto arranges residence around gardens<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the rural outskirts of Tochigi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-japan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a>, on a former farmstead surrounded by rice fields and small factories, Tamada &amp; Wakimoto completes Roof House, a gently scattered<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/residential-architecture-interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> residence<\/a> designed to stretch daily life into the garden. The project sits on a 2,000-square-meter plot once occupied by a large farmhouse and framed by hardwood trees. For a young client relocating from the city, the architects were asked to create a place to live, work, and connect with others while keeping the house adaptable for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team breaks the house down into several compact buildings and arranges them around semi-outdoor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/private-courtyards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">courtyards<\/a>. These in-between spaces, what they call \u2018earthen floor\u2019 gardens, are loosely held together under one thin, extended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/rooftop-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roof<\/a>, resulting in a relaxed, low-slung architecture that lets people move between rooms and outdoor spaces, letting the landscape, weather, and local rhythms shape how the house is used each day.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1144284 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"interlinked garden rooms stretch beneath single roof in tamada &amp; wakimoto's japanese house\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interlinked-garden-rooms-stretch-beneath-single-roof-in-tamada-wakimoto-japanese-house-designboom-05.jpeg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images by Kenta Hasegawa, unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>roof house is designed with adaptability in mind<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each side of the Roof House has a different feel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twk-architects.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Japanese architects<\/a> Tamada &amp; Wakimoto open the main garden toward the trees and include an outdoor kitchen for cooking and gathering, especially in spring when the cherry blossoms bloom. Near the entrance, a shaded area under the eaves becomes a space to sit, talk, or greet visitors. To the north, a walled garden offers room for weekend carpentry or working on the car, chores that are part of the rural setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Designed with change in mind, Roof House can be reconfigured over time. The private part of the house, the one housing the bedroom and bath, can remain a vacation home, while other areas could serve as a small shop or gallery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1144281 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"interlinked garden rooms stretch beneath single roof in tamada &amp; wakimoto's japanese house\" width=\"818\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interlinked-garden-rooms-stretch-beneath-single-roof-in-tamada-wakimoto-japanese-house-designboom-02.jpeg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a gently scattered residence designed to stretch daily life into the garden | image by Tamada &amp; Wakimoto<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1144283 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"interlinked garden rooms stretch beneath single roof in tamada &amp; wakimoto's japanese house\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interlinked-garden-rooms-stretch-beneath-single-roof-in-tamada-wakimoto-japanese-house-designboom-04.jpeg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the project sits on a 2,000-square-meter plot | image by Tamada &amp; Wakimoto<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1144280 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"interlinked garden rooms stretch beneath single roof in tamada &amp; wakimoto's japanese house\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interlinked-garden-rooms-stretch-beneath-single-roof-in-tamada-wakimoto-japanese-house-designboom-01.jpeg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the architects were asked to create a place to live, work, and connect with others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"tamada &amp; wakimoto arranges residence around gardens \u00a0 In the rural outskirts of Tochigi, Japan, on a former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-12074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}