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Una torre de hormigón de cuatro metros de lado que se eleva sobre el mar en Kobe, Japón. Concebida como una vivienda flexible y adaptable, la casa recuerda el terremoto de 1995 y ofrece vistas panorámicas y acceso directo a la playa.
A primeira habitação surgiu a partir de um concurso organizado por uma revista e se aproximou do cliente com o famoso arquiteto Tadao Ando. A casa de 4 x 4, está adaptada para as necessidades do local. Um fator decisivo no projeto, foi o terremoto de Hanshin causou terrível devastação na área.
- Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japão
- Introduction
- Location
- Concept
- Spaces
- Materials
- Structure
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The first house to emerge as a result of a competition organised by a magazine and presented to the client with the famous architect, Tadao Ando. The 4×4 House was adapted to the requirements of the site. A decisive factor in the project was the Hanshin earthquake which had caused terrible devastation in the area. An unusual location, on a narrow a...
The houses are located near the Hyogo coast, on the outskirts of Kobe, along a commercial strip and bordered by a dual carriageway and train tracks to the North and, on its other side, by the widest-spanning bridge in Japan, the Akashi Strait, where the sandy beach meets the Seto Inland Sea. One of the factors which attracted the architect’s attent...
An important part of the concept of the 4×4 house was not only the treatment of light and water, but also the sound of the wind. The house combined a rigorous use of geometry with the intention to create a piece of architecture which, in this case, becomes part of the sea. Tadao Ando uses geometric bases for his designs: squares, circles, triangles...
On each of the floors a distinct function is developed: a storeroom in the basement, entryway and service area on the ground floor, a bedroom on the first floor, study on the second and, on the final floor, a combined kitchen, dining room and living room which forms the focal point of the house. This final level is a 4 metre cube with a floor-to-ce...
As in the majority of his buildings, Tadao Andoused reinforced concrete for the structural system of the first construction and exposed concrete for the exterior walls and interior ceilings. He also used this material for the exterior ground surface. The frames of the windows are aluminium and steel. In the interior, the floors are oak and the wall...
Andoencased the house in concrete and, for reasons of privacy, minimised the openings, principally in the façades which faced the land-side. Even in the front façade, there is simply a concrete wall with just one small window and a door. Due to the harsh natural conditions of the area, the architect firmly anchored the concrete structure below the ...
Learn about the design and construction of two identical houses by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, built on a narrow strip of land near the sea in Kobe. The houses are made of concrete or wood, and feature a cube-shaped volume with a panoramic view of the water.
- Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
The 4x4 house is a private residential house designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando and located in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, on the coast of the Inland Sea in Japan. It is also a type of house built in the US from the 1700s until the early 20th Century.
Casa 4×4 è un’abitazione progettata da Tadao Ando e costruita tra il 2001 e il 2003 a Kobe, nella Prefettura di Hyogo. Si affaccia sul Mare Interno del Giappone, sulla spiaggia del Seto, e trova ispirazione nelle vecchie strutture marittime dei fari, con un’orientamento a cannocchiale verso lo spettacolare contesto.
A concrete tower house by the sea in Kobe, Japan, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Tadao Ando. The house has a flexible layout, a periscopic view and a concrete platform to the beach.
El arquitecto japonés Tadao Ando diseñó dos casas de 4x4 metros de planta frente al mar, una en hormigón y otra en madera, como respuesta al terremoto de 1995. Conoce las características, fotos y planos de estas obras maestras de la geometría y la luz.
