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60代のご夫婦のための住宅と庭を、戸建て住宅に囲まれた西福原の市街地の中で設計した。設計にあたっては、地域の歴史とともに敷地周辺の住宅の建ち方や街路と人通りについて考察し、新しくこの地域に住み始めるご夫婦がまちとの関係を心地よく育んでいけるような、建築・庭のデザインを実現することを目指した。
 

建築は、大きな切妻屋根の下に暮らしの場をひとつながりにまとめ、庭に向かって深く軒を伸ばした構成とした。室内には屋根を支える木の架構を現し、軒下を内外をつなぐバッファゾーンとすることで、庭と室内が緩やかにつながっている。新築でありながら、以前からこの場所にあったような佇まいと、周辺の街並みに調和する外観を目指した。
 

庭では、ご夫婦が以前の住まいで大切に育ててきた沢山の園芸植物を主体に構成し、庭への愛着とまちへの親しみが内外から感じられるように設計した。また、地域の空き家解体時に廃棄回収された庭石は庭の中で様々な用途にアップサイクルし、地域固有の住まいと庭の文化的景観の継承を試みている。敷地の掘削時に出てきた玉石も、この土地の歴史を表現する存在として、庭の中の小さなメダカ池づくりに活用している。
 

住宅をまちに対して閉じず、まちと緩やかにつながるよう、庭の周縁部を注意深く設計している。東側の細街路に面した部分には、米子城で採取した地域のどんぐりの種から育てた苗木を含めた背の低い混植の生垣を設け、歩く人が庭の存在を感じながら季節の変化を楽しめるようにしたほか、北側の道路際には大きな庭石のベンチをふたつ配置し、近隣の方との日常の会話が自然と生まれるような場を設えた。南側には木製のルーバー柵を設置し、風や人の気配、視線が敷地内外に緩やかに行き交う境界をデザインした。
 

This house and garden were designed for a couple in their sixties who had lived in Yonago City for many years, on a site surrounded by detached houses in the Nishifukubara neighborhood. In developing the design, we studied the history of the area, the way houses are situated around the site, as well as the character of the streets and patterns of pedestrian movement. Our aim was to create an architectural and landscape design that would allow the couple, newly settling into this neighborhood, to gradually and comfortably develop a relationship with the surrounding community.

The house brings the spaces of everyday life together beneath a single large gabled roof, with deep eaves extending toward the garden. The timber structure supporting the roof is exposed throughout the interior, while the space beneath the eaves acts as a buffer between inside and outside, creating a gradual connection between the house and garden. Although newly built, the house was designed to have a presence as if it had long been part of the site, harmonizing with the surrounding streetscape.

The garden is composed primarily of the many ornamental plants that the couple had carefully cultivated and cherished at their previous home. By carrying these plants into their new garden, we sought to make their attachment to the garden, as well as their growing familiarity with the neighborhood, tangible both inside and outside the house. Garden stones salvaged from vacant houses during their demolition in the surrounding area have been repurposed for various uses throughout the garden, in an attempt to carry forward the cultural landscape and local traditions of houses and gardens unique to the region. Rounded stones uncovered during excavation of the site were also reused to create a small pond for medaka fish, becoming a subtle expression of the history embedded in the land itself.

Particular attention was given to the edges of the garden so that the house would not turn its back on the neighborhood, but instead maintain a gentle connection with the surrounding town. Along the narrow street on the east side, a low, mixed-species hedge was planted, including seedlings grown from acorns collected at Yonago Castle. The hedge allows passersby to sense the presence of the garden while enjoying its seasonal changes. Along the northern road, two benches made from large garden stones were placed to create opportunities for casual, everyday conversations with neighbors. On the south side, a wooden louvered fence forms a more permeable boundary, allowing air, glimpses of movement, and views to pass gently between the garden and the street.