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Wing House

A house with eaves-like wings that connect it to its surrounding environment.
The wings adjust the external environment, such as line of sight and sunlight, creating new boundaries.
By constructing the main structure of wood and the roof and floor surface with deck plates and reducing the amount of wood used other than for columns and beams, costs and construction period can be reduced.
It could be a prototype for a space that the lightness of steel and the softness of wood.

Location:Sendai Miyagi,Japan
Structural design:Megumi Tamura/Megumi Tamura Structural Factory
Contractor:KYOUEI HOUSING
Photo:Tomoyuki Kusunose