Stone Courtyard House
Kyoto, JP
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2022
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Residential
A walled house in the city, turning inward to a raked stone courtyard and a single old maple.
Client
Private
Services
Architecture, Interiors, Landscape
Year
2022
Area
540 m²
Location
Kyoto, JP
Type
Residential
From the street the house is almost silent — a long rendered wall with a single recessed entrance — but it opens completely onto a private courtyard at its heart.
Rooms are arranged around the raked stone garden so that the maple at its centre becomes the quiet measure of the seasons for the whole household.