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Design Approach
A 700 sqm residence whose exposed-concrete frame is answered by an interior in timber and stone. A marble long table, sculptural pendants and japandi furniture compositions erase the boundary between Japanese and Western, producing one unified register. The building converses with the scale of Kyoto itself and the dialogue between tradition and contemporary architecture in Sakyo. The owner's library and daily circulation were woven precisely into the plan.
Client's Voice
Pairing Italian luxury furniture with an exposed-concrete frame in Kyoto sounded like a hard brief. The team resolved it with a Japandi direction — the marble long table and sculptural pendants now sit perfectly inside the Kyoto-scale rooms. The result is neither pure Japanese nor pure Western. It feels like the air our family always wanted.