Designed by Supposed Design Office, House in Saijo, which was located in Hiroshima, Japan, built using traditional pit dwelling concept. Earth excavated from the site was used to build a wall around the house, creating a room below ground level surrounded by glass but shielded from its neighbours. it look like natural barrier of the house, so we can stay in prvate zone in an open space. The pyramid-shaped upper storey rises above the glazed level, filled with light from a skylight in the top.

The Architect Say:

When I always create, I think that I want to find the charm of the that plan. A client is a couple with three children hoped there are bright openhearted space, and keeping the privacy. This site is a field before, and bearing stratum is in the minus one meter from the ground side. Therefore, we thought support according to the composition of not the ground improvement, but a half underground from the beginning of the plan. The leftover soil by excavating the ground was used to make the hill, enabling the function of the garden on the exterior and guarding their privacy from the house’s neighborhood. The lighting was taken in the skylight. The bright, open-hearted space of a underground and first floor of feeling the calm, and the second floor with which light is filled while closing.