At first glance, this house looks like a group of small buildings scattered across a garden.
But that fragmentation is intentional.
The House at the Urban-Nature Threshold, designed by Teitakusubako + Yusuke Igarashi Architects in Zushi, Japan, sits exactly between a suburban neighborhood and a small forest.
Instead of building one compact structure, the architects divided the house into five separate volumes. Between them, a sequence of gardens and open spaces creates a constant transition between interior and exterior.
Light, vegetation, and air move freely through the architecture.
At the center, a large open living space connects everything together, while the surrounding volumes hold bedrooms and private areas.
The result is a house that feels less like a building and more like a small landscape — where architecture and nature merge into a single spatial experience.
If you enjoy architecture that rethinks how houses relate to nature, you’ll want to see this one.
Architects: Teitakusubako, Yusuke Igarashi Architects
Lead Architects: Teitakusubako
Location: Zushi, Japan
Area: 215 m²
Year: 2023
Photographs: Kentaro Nemoto, Kazumasa Harada
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