We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Masahiko Sato about their original and creative Residential House design work. Masahiko Sato is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original residential house works.
Masahiko Sato ("MS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work I3-house [ Modeling on the hill ] Residential House. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
MS : The communication between family member.
MS : The keyword for I3-House "molding at the top of the hill" design was the natural features of the site itself, they are "wind" and "cliff"
MS : To be able to do similar work outside japan.
MS : 4 months.
MS : Its just happen and born naturally as a product of my way of thinking.
MS : The site surrounded by elementary , junior high schools and parks around it, eventhough the site is facing public road it is surprisingly a quiet place to live. In addition, typoons are often occurred in Miyazaki, also annual rainfall here is recorded to be relatively high compared to other areas in the country
MS : I3-House「Modeling on the hill」was planned in the residential area at the top of the hill of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
MS : The sense of openness in living room and the preservation of conventional japanese wood construction.
MS : It has important role especially in design development to supervision phase.
MS : As we proceed with the design, it was necessary to consider legal restrictions and regulation regarding the cliff on southeast part, and also to take account for wind loads from sea direction.
MS : We won some a bronze and silver award last year so we are feel very confident and motivated to achieve higher prize this year as our goal.
