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House of Many Arches, 24d-studio | International Design Awards Winners

House of Many Arches

Company24d-studio

Lead DesignersFumio Hirakawa and Marina Topunova

Design TeamFumio Hirakawa, Marina Topunova

Project LocationKobe, Japan

CreditsPhotos by Kei Sugino

Prize(s)Bronze in Interior Design / Residential

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Entry Description

House of Many Arches is a gut renovation of a 35-year-old house in Kobe, Japan.

With the desire for more openness and comfort, the challenge of the project was to reconfigure the overall layout to provide a spacious work-live space with minimal compartmentalization to allow plenty of light and air throughout each space with the application of strategically allocated structural arch walls, which enables spaces to flow onto each other, allowing the rooms to contract and expand without full separation. The spaces are easily adaptable to different daily tasks and functions.