For those who find great comfort in peace, quiet, and privacy, this house is not for them. But for those social people who prefer gathering over isolation, and who feel comfortable seeing what family members are doing and saying much of the time, this house may be the perfect ticket. It is called the Unfinished […]The post Yamasaki Kentaro’s Unfinished House In Kashiwa, Japan appeared first on Pursuitist.

For those who find great comfort in peace, quiet, and privacy, this house is not for them. But for those social people who prefer gathering over isolation, and who feel comfortable seeing what family members are doing and saying much of the time, this house may be the perfect ticket. It is called the Unfinished House, in Kashiwa, in the Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is architected by a well-known, young (under 40) architect named Yamazaki Kentaro, who said he sees this dwelling as more of a container than an actual house. But it is a reflective container, whose interior responds to the needs of its occupants, allowing them to impress their own ways of living and preferences on this sparse design. And of course, the initial interior designs change over time, as the resident family grows and changes also. It is an unusual, scalable idea, taking the concept of social growth into a new design essence.In a recent interview Mr. Kentaro explained his design in more detail. ?The construction of the building container is made by forming 4 boxes, each box divided into two s...