White Dormitory Japanese Exterior Style For Il Vento by Koichi Futatsumata

It’s white indeed, the traditional japanese house turned into a dormitory in a village on Teshima, an island lying in the Seto Inland Sea. Using different materials such as woods, stones, and plasters with different white feel on it. White itself also a symbol of purity, innocence, and peace in Japan. The house itself consist of three rooms, a lounge and small courtyard in the middle of it.

Architect: Koichi Futatsumata from CASE-REAL
Location: Teshima Kagawa, Japan
Project Director: Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa
Completion: July 2011
Structure: wood frame
Scale: 1 story
Site area: 127.9m2
Building area: 94.2m2
Photographs: Hiroshi Mizusaki <via>