Sited on the mountainside of Izu-san – Shizouka, Japanese based architecture practice Mount Fuji Architects created modern marble house with Pacific Ocean view. The concept was realized by crossing two rectangular parallelepipeds at very right angles. The lower one contains private rooms and bathroom, and sticks half of the body out to existing narrow level ground. The upper one incorporates salon and kitchen, and lies astride the lower one and the mountain ridge. It almost seems like an off-centered cross pinned carefully on natural terrain. One axis of the cross stretches toward the Pacific Ocean on south, and the other, the forest of Japanese oak and some white birch on west. The rooms in the lower structure and terrace on it enjoy broad vista of the sea and blue sky. And gentle shade of natural forest embraces the space in the upper one. Water-polished white marble was chosen as interior finishing material. It glows softly like Greece sculptures to blend blue light from the south and green light from the west gradationally, thus creates delicate continuous landscape of light which suggests the character and usage of the space. Exterior is also finished with white marble. Photos by Ken’ichi Suzuki

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This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 12:23 pm and is filed under House Design.Tags: architecture practice, axis house, blue sky house, House in Shizuoka, Japanese Architects, Japanese Marble House, japanese oak, Marble terrace, Modern House, Mount Fuji Architects, pacific ocean view, Plus House, Plus House by Mount Fuji Architects, private bathroom, private rooms, rectangular house, rectangular parallelepipeds, right angles, sculptures, White Marble House
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