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A Gabled Interior Creates the Sense of Home – and Space

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The Hazukashi House by ALTS DESIGN OFFICE is squeezed into a tiny space in Japan’s Kyoto prefecture.

Making the best of a typically tiny space left in urban Japan, the design disguises its long and narrow and windowless site.

A recurring gabled motif is reminiscent of a child’s drawing of home.

The gable motif is even carried to an extreme, but serves to illustrate the sense of belonging that defines “home”.

Instead of windows on the ground floor, light descends from above, through skylights.

Windows on the lower floor are simply filtered light.

Different levels within the multiple gable cutouts create a place of refuge for the young family.

The tiny house achieves a homey feeling, far from its urban neighbors.

By dispensing with windows, the house is able to occupy the entire width of the narrow lot.

A very clever use of space.