Lodge in Susono 2

The house is located in a villa area on the southern slope of the mountainside. Fuji can be seen through a gap in the trees along the unpaved front road, and a virgin beech forest spreads across the road to the west. The house has two bedrooms and a total floor area of about 70 square meters, but the building area is more than twice as large due to the long eaves. The eaves cover the high terrace, courtyard, and approach space, and are easily accessible from the multiple entrances and terrace windows to the outside. Five wings are staggered at three high floor levels on steel foundation beams; the floor level is lowered from the living room, located in the center of the five wings, to the left and right, with the wings having a more grounded, cabin-like finish as one moves away from the center. The roofs are connected to each other by a series of gabled roofs with the roofline offset in places. The roof is broken off at the point where the height shifts, and a deep keraba is placed to allow light to penetrate and a view to Fuji can be taken, creating an inner terrace facing the two buildings. From the guest room and the bedroom at the end of the hut-like structure, a study and a small room are connected to the inner terrace, which leads to the living room in the center of the house. With this north-south movement, the slope of the ceiling flips and the light surface also flips, bringing in the surrounding landscape in different directions and in different ways at each location. The roof is a valley-folded roof with a gradual slope in the middle, and the eaves are set higher to secure light and views of the terrace and the rooms behind it. The large portico supporting the raised terrace and hip-fold roof gives the lodge an open façade facing the virgin forest in front of it.

Site area: 514㎡
Building area: 160㎡
Total floor area: 71.5㎡