A residence, framed in timber, sits lightly atop a ground level section of reinforced concrete, which houses a dental clinic. [This was the first house in which I consciously incorporated a grid into the design.] ...The completely glazed family room is placed like a stage in the center of ta courtyard, while the timber-framed main bedroom and children’s room face each other across the courtyard. While the main bedroom and family room are linked by the interior, the children’s room is a completely separated structure...The internal court allows the independence of the children’s room and the guest room-study-library block to be preserved. [I called this point of contact between the exterior and the protected interior the “shikii” - taken from the name for the piece of timber on the floor marking the threshold between interior and exterior in traditional Japanese architecture.] ...(Riken Yamamoto, “Shinkenchiku”, Nov. 1982)
		Fujii House (1981-1982) location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture principal use: dental clinic, residence site area: 351.50m2 building area: 161.45m2 total floor area: 219.42m2 structure: reinforced concrete, wood; 2 stories maximum height: 5,450mm architects: Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop structural engineers: Kojima Structural Design Office general contractors: BAU Construction completion date: June, 1982 next back top