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REFORM OF GARDEN HOUSE IN NARA, JAPAN
سبيس يعيد تشكيل حديثة المنزل باليابان
reform of a garden’ is the renovation of a .veiling situated in a suburban residential
; ea of koma -city, nara that was realized to satisfy the orthodox practices of city
planning. the entire town was developed over a short period of time-the houses
built   the light gauge steel components to re- :e construction costs-resulting in a ho-
generous looking neighbourhood . AACESPACE carried out the full-scale re-
abashment for a young couple, which aw the local firm also tackling the outer
appearance of the home so that it stood apart from the rest of the others, the key
Mature of the reconstruction is the integra tion of a concrete plane that runs along
the perimeter of the house, measuring roughly the same size as the living space,
starting kitchen, living and dining areas, tatami room, while the second storey
offers the bedroom quarters.
in the southern garden, the poured structure stands a stepped terrace whose
highest point reaches to the second floor of the residence, creating a vertical
relationship with the home; its elevated stance allowing its underside to function as
a carport, sloping downwards, the independent passage way creates a visual and
physical connection between the interior and exterior of the house, forming a
continuous path that offers organized circulation in and around the property.
the first floor of the structure was originally a composition of smaller rooms which
SPACSPACE has converted into a single expanse, hosting the communal areas:
‘reform of a garden’ integrates the indoors and outdoors, where external
reconstructed elements of the home’s architecture has not only been an aesthetic
transformation, but also a functional in which some of the windows and their
frames function as benches and tables,