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【Keyhole House】

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“The facade of this house has the shape of a keyhole. A key to open “my house”, which is standing along a narrow street of a crowded town, is designed as a key itself on the façade of this house. A house can be called a key, which will open up your life happily. Such a small key, this house is a key!

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The site is in Kyoto, Japan. It is a small house for four people and two cats. It has only 100 square meters of floor space. It is standing alone in the corner of a small parking lot like a table left behind at the seaside.”

  • ・The façade is marked by a window shaped like a key.
  • ・Mortar with sumi ink is applied to the exterior wall.
  • ・Simple color coding. Red and purple are used as an accent.
  • ・The triangle roof.
  • ・Random arrangement of small windows.
  • ・The edge to make the shape of this house clearer.
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    There is a thin steel eave which is fixed to the façade of this house as if it is floating, and a key-shaped slit like a “picture”, crossing over the eave. A red wine-colored door. These are laid out like a beautiful pattern designed on a jewel box.

    You sometimes will see a cat lying by the window at this house. You wonder what she is watching. Do you still have a naïve heart with a key to open this house?

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    • Data：• Data：「Keyhole House」
    • Location：Kyoto, Japan
    • Site Area：90.81㎡
    • Total Floor Area：103.47㎡
    • Structural Engineering：EASTERN design office
    • Contractor：arcc
    • Photographer：Koichi Torimura

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