简单的容器通常由优质的材料制成，并且简单易于使用。 你不会厌倦使用它们，会感受到它们最好的内在。 同理，我们将生活空间视为一种容器，它能够给你的家庭和生活中带来最优质的感受。该项目是应一对夫妇要求去改造他们的居住建筑，而夫妇还拥有一座沙龙恰好是我们15年前设计的。这个沙龙现在看来依旧十分现代，让我们感受到了业主夫妇对它的良好使用与照顾。

Simple containers made of quality materials are the easiest to use. You don’t grow tired of them, and they bring out the best in whatever is inside. We think of living spaces as containers that bring out the best in your family and your life.The project began with a request from a couple that owns a beauty salon we designed 15 years ago. The salon still feels modern today, and shows how well the owners have taken care of it.

▼建筑外观，external view ©Takumi Ota

当我们参观他们的房子时，发现房间中的陈设设施没什么不必要或不合适的地方。DIY的金属构件使他们可以通过改变使用空间来适应自己不断变化的生活方式。 而由他们的孩子挑选的一朵野花放在一个简单的花瓶中，这一小摆设让我们感觉到，业主想要一座能给他们的生活带来更多自由和愉快感的房子。

When we visited their house, there was nothing unnecessary or out of place. DIY metal hardware made it possible to change the way they use the space to match their changing lifestyle. A single wild flower their child had picked stood in a simple vase. We felt they wanted a house to enhance the free and pleasant nature of their lives.

▼住宅所在场地比街道高2米，the house sits two meters above the street ©Takumi Ota

该建筑位于Mikage地区的一个安静的住宅区内，六甲市中心的周边环境与的他们的沙龙形成对比。 建筑的所在场地高于街道2米，这一小地形就自然形成了其南边的边界，保护了居住家庭的隐私，免受下面路人的注意打扰。整座房子充分利用了借景的手法去设计，从房子的南边可以眺望到悬崖上的未被开发的森林区域。

The property is located in a quiet residential area of Mikage, a nice contrast to their salon in downtown Rokko. It sits two meters above the street that forms its southern border, protecting the family’s privacy from the eyes of passersby below. A forested area on a cliff, spared from development, is visible to the south. The view from the house takes full advantage of the borrowed scenery.

▼自然温馨的厨房和餐厅区域，the kitchen and dinning room of pleasant nature ©Takumi Ota

▼定制支架桌可以进行拆分组合易于存放，the custom-ordered trestle table can be diassasembled and stored ©Takumi Ota

整座房子与大自然相通，朝南的窗户可通向户外空间，同时窗户的结构恰好遮挡住邻近的房屋，营造出如同深深的隧道一般的宁静空间，构筑起整个借景。而暴露在外的建筑木结构以相等的间距展示了木材的自然形态，横跨房间并连接室内与室外。

Nature is present in the house. South-facing windows lead to outdoor spaces, like deep tunnels that create a serene space by obscuring neighboring houses while framing the borrowed scenery. Exposed structural elements in equal pitch showcase the wood’s natural character, while straddling and connecting inside and outside.

▼可以借景的底层楼梯间，the  bottom stairwell with the borrowed scenery ©Takumi Ota

▼可以借景的二层楼梯间，the  upper stairwell with the borrowed scenery ©Takumi Ota

▼朝南的窗户如同隧道一般通向户外空间，south-facing windows lead to outdoor spaces like deep tunnels ©Takumi Ota

一楼的定制支架桌可以进行拆分组合易于存放，同时桌腿是可以进行更换，让它也可以变换成为chabudai（一种日式的低矮桌子），或者放在封闭的露台上，与旁边的家具相配合提供休息空间。 整个建筑空间都设计灵活，可以根据居住者的生活习惯来改变他们DIY的家具组合形式。最终，我们希望这个设计的空间成为一个容器，满足居住家庭在未来许多年里的生活需求，并在其中无拘无束的自由生活。

▼简洁且采光良好的卧室区域，the simple bedroom with nice lighting ©Takumi Ota

▼二楼卫生间区域，the bathroom on the second floor ©Takumi Ota

▼与木结构相结合的衣帽间，the cloakroom combining with wood structure ©Takumi Ota

The custom-ordered trestle table on the first floor can be diassasembled and stored. The legs are interchangeable, so it can be a chabudai (Japanese-style low table), or taken up to the enclosed terrace and surrounded with furniture for lounging. The space is flexible. The owners will likely continue to change their DIY furniture as their life changes. We hope this space will be a container that accomodates the family’s unfettered and free lifestyle for many years to come.

▼建筑夜晚效果，the house during the evening ©Takumi Ota

©Takumi Ota

▼ 场地平面，the site plan

Area: 101.20㎡

Completed: 2016

Architect: Sohei Arao

Photographer: Takumi Ota

Construction: Nakanishi Kenchiku

Location: Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture

Designed: January 16 – March 5, 2015

Built: March 7 2015 – March 26, 2015