【Background】

This is a newly built single-story house located in a residential area in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, which is perfect for a family of four.

The family consists of two children and a father who are all passionate about baseball training. Therefore, they wanted a convenient indoor space in their home for drying a large amount of daily laundry. Taking into consideration privacy protection and the busy lifestyle of this family, juggling work, household chores, and sports activities, we designed a large sunroom with a simplified household workflow, positioned at the center of the house.

The sunroom is equipped with a motorized clothesline that can be easily adjusted to any desired height with the push of a switch. It also serves as a play area for the children, connecting to the living room through four sliding doors, allowing it to become a spacious room for use when guests visit.

By incorporating a tall and spacious corridor-like sunroom, resembling a chimney, between the surrounding rooms, we have created a central space in the home where various pleasures can be enjoyed, like a sandwich.

【Hightlight】

• A large sunroom that serves multiple purposes such as laundry area, children's play zone, baseball training, and accommodating unexpected guests.

• A large motorized clothesline system that efficiently utilizes space, catering to the laundry needs of a sports-oriented family.

• Large floor-to-ceiling windows provide views of the green yard while maintaining privacy from neighboring residents.

• The flat single-story layout without steps is suitable for using a robot vacuum cleaner for cleaning.

• Compact layout of the bathroom, washbasin, walk-in closet, and sunroom, achieving a streamlined household workflow.

【Project Overview】

Primary Use: Residential house

Location: Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture

Floor Area: 79.49㎡

Number of Floors: 1

Structure: Wooden post and beam construction

【Project Team】

Design: NoMaDoS / Naoya Yoshikawa, Fumi Osaka, Hikaru Chiba

Environmental Design: NoMaDoS / Ryosuke Takahashi

Structural Design: Bethany Architects / Shigeki Sasaki

Lighting Design: TILe / Tairyo Iwakabe

Construction: Iwai Kozue Construction Co., Ltd.

Photography: Kentaro Yoshida Photography Studio