Project Name |

西福原の家
House in Nishifukuhara

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Project Type |

ランドスケープデザイン 
Landscape Design 

 

Status |

竣工
Completion

 

​Duration |

設計：2024年10月-2025年6月
施工：2025年6月-2026年4月
Design: October 2024 – June 2025
Construction: June 2025 – April 2026

 

Location |

鳥取県米子市西福原
Nishifukubara, Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture​

 

Usage |
個人庭
Private yard
 

Site Area |

511.76㎡

 

Client |
個人

 

Collaboration |

建築設計：グラムデザイン一級建築士事務所
外構施工：株式会社円直

池施工：松本博史

 

Project Summary |

米子市で長年暮らしてきたご夫婦の新しい住まいにおいて、これまでの暮らしを引き継ぎながら、住まいと地域との新しい関係をつくることを目指した庭である。

ご夫婦は以前の住まいで駐車場いっぱいに鉢植えの植物を育てており、特に奥様は、駐車場のコンクリートと道路の隙間に自然に芽吹く小さな植物にも目を向けその成長を楽しんでいた。新築への引っ越しに際して、それまで大切に育ててきた植物たちも一緒に移したいという要望を受け、庭の植栽は新たに用意した植物ではなく、これまでの暮らしの中で育まれてきた植物を主体として構成した。

また、庭を長く使い続け、無理なく管理していけるように石舗装、石のベンチ、道具小屋、コンポストなど日々の暮らしと庭の手入れを支える要素を計画した。舗装やベンチには、米子市や松江市の空き家の解体時に石材店が回収していた石を譲り受けて再利用し、さらに敷地の掘削時に出てきた玉石を用いて小さな池をつくった。地域や敷地にすでに存在していた素材を再び庭の中で使うことで、新しい住まいの庭にその土地の時間や記憶を受け継ぐことを試みた。

 

周辺のまちなみとの関係にも配慮した。東側の幅約1mの道路に面する部分には、複数の植物を組み合わせた混植の生垣を設け、歩く人が季節ごとの植物の変化を楽しめるようにした。外周部の木塀にはルーバーを用いることで、庭を完全に閉じるのではなく、風や人の気配、視線が緩やかに行き交う境界としている。また、道路に面して石のベンチを設け、近隣の方が腰掛けて会話できる場所をつくった。

 

個人住宅の庭でありながら、庭を敷地の内側だけのものとして閉じるのではなく、道路を歩く人や近隣の人々が植物や庭の気配を感じられるようにすることで、個人の暮らしとまちの景観が緩やかにつながることを目指した。住み手がこれまで大切にしてきた植物を引き継ぎ、地域で再利用されてきた石を庭に取り入れ、さらに庭の一部をまちにひらく。そうした小さな積み重ねによって、住み手の暮らしの豊かさが周辺の景観にもつながり、時間とともに育っていくことを願っている。
 

This garden was designed for a new home of a couple who have lived in Yonago City for many years, with the aim of carrying forward the character of their life to date while creating a new relationship between the house and its surrounding community.

At their previous home, the couple grew a large collection of potted plants, filling the entire parking area. In particular, the wife enjoyed noticing the small plants that naturally emerged in the narrow gaps between the concrete pavement and the road, and watching them grow. When they moved to their new home, they wished to bring the plants they had carefully nurtured over the years with them. Rather than introducing a new collection of plants, the garden was therefore composed primarily of plants that had already been part of their lives.

To enable the garden to be used and cared for over many years without placing an excessive burden on the residents, a number of elements were incorporated to support everyday life and garden maintenance, including stone paving, a stone bench, a tool shed, and a composting area. The paving and bench were made using reclaimed stone salvaged by a local stone dealer from the demolition of vacant houses in Yonago and Matsue. Small rounded stones uncovered during excavation of the site were also reused to create a small pond. By bringing materials that already existed in the surrounding community and on the site back into the garden, the project sought to carry the time and memories of the place into the newly created landscape.

The relationship with the surrounding streetscape was also carefully considered. Along the approximately one-metre-wide road on the east side of the site, a mixed-species hedge was planted so that people passing by could experience seasonal changes in the plants. The perimeter timber fence incorporates louvres, creating a boundary that does not completely close off the garden, but allows air, glimpses, and a sense of human presence to pass through gradually. A stone bench was also placed along the road, providing a place where neighbours can pause, sit, and talk.

Although this is a private residential garden, the intention was not to confine the garden to the inside of the property. By allowing people walking along the road and neighbours to sense the plants and the presence of the garden, the project seeks to create a gentle connection between private life and the landscape of the neighbourhood.

The garden brings together small acts of continuity: carrying forward the plants that the residents have cared for over the years, incorporating stone that has been reused within the local community, and opening a part of the garden towards the street. Through these accumulated gestures, the project hopes that the richness of everyday life will gradually extend into the surrounding landscape, allowing the garden to grow and develop together with its residents and the neighbourhood over time.