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Takeshi Hosaka builds Linear Villa Beside Isumi River<\/p>\n

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Isumi Villa is a vacation residence<\/a><\/strong> located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan<\/a><\/strong>, designed by Takeshi Hosaka Architects<\/a><\/strong>. The villa is situated in an open landscape of fields adjacent to the Isumi River, with views extending to surrounding rice paddies and distant mountains. The structure is positioned to function as a visual boundary, framing the landscape and integrating spatially with its natural surroundings.<\/p>\n

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A defining feature of the villa is a 45-meter-long concrete wall, conceived as a spatial and visual backdrop that emphasizes the surrounding 2,000-square-meter field. This wall not only accommodates the villa\u2019s approximately 100 sqm of interior space but also aligns with the nearby flood wall along the Isumi River, creating a formal dialogue with the site\u2019s topography. The concrete<\/a><\/strong> surface, combined with wooden<\/a><\/strong> elements, contributes to the building\u2019s integration with the natural setting, reinforcing a material continuity between architecture and ground.<\/p>\n

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all images by Toreal Koji Fujii<\/a><\/p>\n

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Isumi Villa\u2019s design prioritizes outdoor connectivity<\/p>\n

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The Takeshi Hosaka Architects team<\/a><\/strong> organizes the plan\u00a0to prioritize outdoor connectivity. Interior zones, such as the kitchen, feature a dirt floor, maintaining permeability between inside and outside. Floor-to-ceiling glass openings support this relationship, enabling direct movement between interior spaces and the field. The tatami-lined living room is arranged for music and movie entertainment with equal orientation to both interior and exterior contexts. The compact bedroom preserves a minimal footprint, intended to evoke the spatial qualities of camping.<\/p>\n

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Ancillary functions such as a garage, bathroom, and sauna are distributed around the central biotope, accessible through exterior circulation paths. The architectural strategy supports a program centered on outdoor living, with internal functions organized to facilitate continuous visual and physical access to the landscape. The villa\u2019s design emphasizes environmental awareness, spatial openness, and material restraint. Through its siting and formal composition, it frames the surrounding ecological features, including the convergence of river and ocean, as an integral part of the architectural experience.<\/p>\n

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Isumi Villa sits adjacent to the Isumi River, facing fields and distant mountains<\/p>\n

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a 45-meter concrete wall frames the landscape as both structure and backdrop<\/p>\n

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the residence occupies a 2,000 sqm field, integrating into the open site<\/p>\n

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the architecture prioritizes continuous engagement with the field<\/p>\n

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the villa\u2019s design creates a visual dialogue with the site\u2019s flood wall<\/p>\n

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concrete and wood materials establish continuity with the natural terrain<\/p>\n

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a dirt floor kitchen maintains direct permeability with the outdoors<\/p>\n

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a compact bedroom references the spatial logic of camping<\/p>\n

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Tatami-lined living areas face both nature and internal spaces equally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Takeshi Hosaka builds Linear Villa Beside Isumi River \u00a0 Isumi Villa is a vacation residence located in Chiba…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[10486,4021,4020,29007,4022,77,17022,51513,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-113962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-japan","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-concrete-architecture-and-design","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","15":"tag-takeshi-hosaka-architects","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114533754977218025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}