House in Muko

ⓒ Toshiyuki Yano

 

This is a project to rebuild an old house in Muko city, in Kyoto prefecture. Farmland and bamboo forests spread surrounding the site. Since ancient times the area has been delimited by stone walls and dotted with farm-style habitations, each consisting of a main house and a cluster of several other residences forming a single habitation. In recent years, due to the rapid urbanisation from the centre of Kyoto, many farm-style houses have been demolished and dismantled. The land has subsequently been subdivided into a patchwork of historical residences  and new habitations irrespective of the history of the prefecture.

이번 프로젝트는 교토현 무코시에 위치한 오래된 집을 리모델링하는 것이었다. 부지 주변으로 농지와 대나무 숲이 펼쳐져 있었다. 오래전부터 돌담으로 경계선을 만들었고 농장에 걸맞는 주거지들이 곳곳에 자리잡고 있었다. 각 주거지는 본 채와 별 채가 모여 하나의 주거지를 만들어낸 모습이다. 최근에는 교토 중심부가 빠르게 도시화되면서 농가형 주택이 많이 철거되었다. 그 후 교토는 역사적인 주거지와 새로운 형태의 주거지로 나뉘게 되었다.

 

ⓒ Toshiyuki Yano

 

In planning a new residence in such location, we thought that the challenge was how to overlap the two time axes of living rooted in past history and modern times, and create a new way of living that would ensure a balance between the two points of view.

새로운 주거지를 계획하는 과정에서 뿌리깊은 역사와 현재 삶이 이어지는 두 시간 축을 어떻게 결합하고 두 관점 사이에서 균형을 이루며 어떤 새로운 삶의 방식을 만들어낼 수 있는지 고려하였다. 

 

Specifically, the are two elements that characterise the traditional farm-style house. Typically it’s a spacious living area that includes an open space and fields for agricultural work and farming, and an hierarchical cluster of buildings centered on the main house. These two features are rooted in local life and have a profound connection to its history. 

전통적인 농가주택의 특징에는 두 가지 요소가 있다. 일반적으로 공간은 농경문화 산업과 농사를 위한 열린 공간과 들판 그리고 안채를 중심으로 계층적 건물들이 있는 넓은 생활 공간이 있다는 것이다. 이 두 가지 특징은 지역 생활에 뿌리를 두고 있으면서 지역 역사와 깊은 연관이 있다는 것이다.

 

ⓒ Toshiyuki Yano

 

On the other hand, in modern residential living, it seemed natural to dissolve the hierarchy centered around the main building of the farm-style houses, and change it to the state of living of a series of neutral and free living spaces.

현대 주거생활에서는 농가주택의 안채를 중심으로 한 위계를 해체하고 중립적이고 자유로운 생활공간이 이어지는 생활형태가 자연스러워 보였다.

 

ⓒ Toshiyuki Yano

 

This led to a  form in which small clusters of houses, which define the residence, are not connected hierarchically, as in the old farmhouse style, but rather collide and continuously melt into each other, enclosing a large living areas a whole. It could be defined as a Japanese-style courthouse derived from agricultural settlements.

주거 형태를 이루는 작은 집들이 옛날 농가 스타일처럼 계층적으로 연결되지 않고 오히려 서로 부딪히고 녹아들면서 넓은 생활 공간 전체를 둘러싸고 있다. 농업 정착지에서 파생된 일본식 법원이라고 정의 된다.

 

ⓒ Toshiyuki Yano

 

By layering the unique way of living in this area with the history of villages centered on old farming and the modern way of living, this contemporary residence connects with the local tradition and is an attempt to expand the living space in recognition to the city.

이 지역의 독특한 생활방식에 옛 농경을 중심으로 한 마을의 역사와 현대적인 생활방식을 결합하여 지역의 전통은 이어지고 현대 도시와 어울리도록 생활공간을 확장하려는 시도이다.

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건축가 Tomohiro Hata Architect & Associates

위치 Japan, Kyoto

연면적 294.41㎡

준공 2023

대표건축가 Tomohiro Hata, Kazuki Kimura, Misato Takagi

사진작가 Toshiyuki Yano

 

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해당 프로젝트는 건축문화 2024년 11월호(Vol. 522)에 게재되었습니다.
The project was published in the November, 2024 recent projects of the magazine(Vol. 522).

November 2024 : vol. 522