I loved the concept behind the design of the House NA by Japanese Architect, Sou Fujimoto (http://www.sou-fujimoto.net/). The idea is to create loosly-distributed spaces that are operating in harmony like a “tree” and its branches. I think the architect has re-defined the modern house in a totally innovative and distinctive way. This house is well related to the modern society in which the boundaries between public and private are fading through social media ( as well as all other modern means that give us the opportunity of sharing our life). The house in its core as a private entity features fully open spaces to both interior and exterior offering a unique lifestyle to its residents. On the other hand, the design features the projection of transparent panels into space that provide visual continuity throughout the context, a perfect solution for the congested urban neighborhoods. Even though the architect himself has set the emphasis on the experience of living in this house as a re-definition of ancient tree houses; for me this is “THE HOUSE” of our age as unique as our era. It is a piece I appreciate for its contribution on defining the architecture of our time. The Architect explains the concept in Archdaily :
“The intriguing point of a tree is that these places are not hermetically isolated but are connected to one another in its unique relativity. To hear one’s voice from across and above, hopping over to another branch, a discussion taking place across branches by members from separate branches. These are some of the moments of richness encountered through such spatially dense living.The white steel-frame structure itself shares no resemblance to a tree. Yet the life lived and the moments experienced in this space is a contemporary adaptation of the richness once experienced by the ancient predecessors from the time when they inhabited trees. Such is an existence between city, architecture, furniture and the body, and is equally between nature and artificiality.”
