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In case you wonder where the name of the house comes from, “pelo” is a mimetic word for peeling something. It’s all in the details.
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Pelo House
KAWABE NO SUMIKA (Riverbank House)
Photo © Kai Nakamura
Here is the latest from Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto (mA-style). It’s good to know that the recession hasn’t stopped them from designing more new houses Continue Reading…
Hazama no Mori: Interior
In fact, this is a low-cost housing design, but it is a great example how imagination and creativity can accomplish surprising results even with a very limited budget Continue Reading…
Hazama no Mori, 2009
This is another house designed by Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto. The house from outside has a minimal and simple appearance of a low-cost housing, but wait till you see the inside. The client, a young couple with three children, apparently had a modest budget to build their new home, but their imagination was as big as their surrounding environment with hills of green tea plantations, tangerine trees and rice fields.
Under the tree of Totoro: Interior
What is absolutely unique about this house is the way the staircase is set in the middle of the house Continue Reading…
Under the tree of Totoro, 2010
The nostalgic atmosphere of a small village captivated Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto when they visited the site for a new house they were to design last year. There was a big tree on top of the nearby hill, and next to the tree was a small shrine, overlooking the entire village. The setting of the village would likely remind Hayao Miyazaki fans (including movie director James Cameron whose depiction of the huge Hometree and the sacred Tree of Souls in Avatar are still fresh in our memories) of My Neighbor Totoro, an animated film in 1988 by Miyazaki. In their statement, the architect couple explain the concept wonderfully, and I rather not butcher the beauty of words with my poor translation. By the way, if you have children and happen to like this house, I encourage you to rent the film Continue Reading…
GREEN MOUNTAIN: INTERIOR
Photo © Yoshiharu Hama
The latest work by Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto of mA-Style in Shizuoka is called Green Mountain Continue Reading…
GREEN MOUNTAIN: EXTERIOR
Photo © Yoshiharu Hama
This home deigned for a well known ‘Kendo’ family in Shizuoka, Japan consists of two buildings, the residence and a ‘dojo’, divided by a mound of earth in between Continue Reading…
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
This coffee shop called “This Is Cafe” in Makinohara, Shizuoka reminds me of a place I like in Santa Monica Continue Reading…
