House in the Forest

The project is a summer house in a woodland just north of Mt. Fuji. The client’s brief was for a house that gives a sense of closeness to nature, which is difficult to get in their day-to-day life in Tokyo. It is designed as a red cottage, a typical Scandinavian summer house, but with an architectural language influenced by traditional Japanese architecture. Ultimately, the shape and form of the building is a response to local construction techniques and climate.