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Yukikage (EPM)

CompanySaad / Sudo Associates, Architecture and Design

Lead DesignersTomoyuki Sudo

Design TeamMomoyo Yamawaki, Mimi Okuhara

Project LocationHokkaido, Japan

CreditsPhoto: Kenji Masunaga, Hiroyuki Sudo

Prize(s)Bronze in Architecture Categories / Residential Building

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Entry Description

In Japanese, ‘yuki’ means snow, and ‘kage’ means shadow. Put together, the name of the house Yukikage directly refers to its architectural parti of a three-storey home whose exaggerated ceiling eaves on each floor drops shadows onto the surrounding blanket of snow.

As a result, the horizontal layers of the house’s three storeys are clearly delimited. The wing-like gesture of the eaves gives animation to the architecture, and the soaring language represents the house’s desire to embrace the beautiful, natural environment.

Bio

Tomoyuki Sudo
Principal

1978, born in Hokkaido, Japan.

2005, graduated undergraduate program from Southern California Institute of Architecture [sci-arc](Los Angles, USA).

2005-2007, worked for Amphibian Arc (Los Angles, USA).

2009, graduated master program from Architectural Association School of Architecture [AADRL](London, UK).

2009-2013, worked for Florian Busch Architects (Tokyo, Japan)

2014, established architectural design firm, SAAD (Sudo Associates, Architecture and Design).