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Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura is known for the cubist rigor of his minimalist yet elaborately designed houses and the latest project from his Shiga-based practice FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects is no exception. Located in a suburban area in Japan’s Shiga prefecture, where the urban fabric meets grassy fields and cherry tree groves, the two-storey family house was designed with views and light in mind as much as functionality and privacy. In contrast to the neighbouring pitched-roofed, timber-clad houses, the residence that Kimura has designed adopts a stacked-box formation of corrugated steel, black-coated steel and grey mortar, its solid exterior punctured by differently shaped and sized rectilinear windows. Far from whimsical, the house’s cubist geometry is informed by the internal layout and the exterior services – the cantilevered upper-floor volume, for example, creates a covered entrance porch – while the seemingly randomly placed windows have been strategically designed to frame specific views for each room. 
Photography by Norihito Yamauchi. 
On the ground floor, a spacious entrance hall, which can double as a small shop per the owners’ requirements, receives plenty of daylight from a large street-facing window that looks out onto the cherry trees lining the street and a water stream bubbling beyond, while the master bedroom at the back of the house enjoys privacy and tranquillity.The upper floor houses the children’s two bedrooms as well as an open-plan living, dining and kitchen space that extends across the length of the house, with a large view-framing window on either side prov |
