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A Boxy House of Seven Columns in a Japanese Persimmon Orchard

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From Airhouse Design Office comes this design with the naive charm of a child’s drawing.

Although it has the proportions of a very small shed-like single story dwelling, the building is actually two stories tall, towering above the roofline next door.

To get this effect, a structural design based around seven thick supporting columns was used.

The client wanted wide open spaces with high ceilings.

So the interior proportions are exceptional, not a typical two story home, but what looks like a – very tall – single story open space.

But hidden in these structural columns are ‘second floor’ rooms.

Because there is no second floor, this results in a lot of staircases.

A bathroom is contained within the kitchen area structural column so it can share the plumbing.

Above it in the kitchen column, is a peaceful meditation room.

And climbing up to bed at the end of the day has the feeling of ascending to your own private tree house.

Indeed, this childlike imagining of a home is conveniently set within a Japanese persimmon orchard.