Sculptural Suburban House Design - T-House by Atelier Boronski

Sculptural T-House by Atelier Boronski

T-House by Atelier Boronski

T-house is a suburban house designed by Atelier Boronski on small hill overlooking Kyoto city. The house conceived as simple container with private spaces lodged almost randomly within. There are three primary elements at work in this composition. The main external walls (running east/west), the private volumes (overlapping and bridging) and the resultant void space extending above the LDK.

Private Space T-House by Atelier Boronski

The main Living, Dining, Kitchen area on the first floor opens onto the main terrace facing the garden to the east allowing classical indoor/outdoor living, and the ceiling height in this area varies. The bathroom on the second floor has a large internal window overlooking the garden to the east and the guest bedroom on the third floor pushes straight out to the west. Beside and below this bedroom are two minor terraces that spatially overlap. The second lounge area on the third floor is just a floor slab, a viewing platform that bridges the main void and allows sweeping views of the city to the east.

T-House Bathroom by Atelier Boronski

There are also two top-lights allowing vertical views to the sky. Externally the house is clad in traditional materials of burnt cedar boards (with clear lacquer finish) and white plaster. There are many different kinds of spaces and connections in this house that work to create an extremely ‘socialized’ kind of environment.