A house made with natural materials in Yokohama / 横浜市泉区【自然素材の家】 Part 3
Apologies for the not-up-to-date post, today’s post is about the day we had the roofing done on. The material we used is called galvalume steel plates that laid on horizontally by the roofers.
Continue reading “A house that feels good itself feels good for humans too コンビニのカッパを着せないで”
Hello everyone!
I hope you all have started the new year with good health. I am so happy and grateful that my blog was read by so many people from all over the world. I’ve had quite a few inquiries and questions from outside of Japan which can mean that my aim to spread the Japanese carpentry to the world has been realising little by little.
I’ll keep my best effort to write about the greatness of Japanese architecture and culture as well as to keep learning others.
Thank you very much!!!
A house made with natural materials in Yokohama / 横浜市泉区【自然素材の家】 Part 2
Hello there, we are happy to announce the completion of the Tatekata. The pine beams we worked on manually (not pre-cut materials) have fit perfectly with each other as well. Very happy.
A house made with natural materials in Yokohama / 横浜市泉区【自然素材の家】 Part 1
Hello there! We have started a new project; A newly built 2-storey timber frame house. As it is mentioned earlier, we won’t use any “new building materials” *1 such as glued laminated timer, plywood, veneer covering, exterior siding or glass wool.
Tea Ceremony Room in Fujisawa / 藤沢市 【茶室と水屋】Part 2
The work we have been working on since last October has finally come to the end. It is a conversion from a bedroom to a tea ceremony room. (four and a half Tatami size) As the children grew up and left the house, our client decided to have a room for their hobby; Tea ceremony. (Here is the Part 1)
Tea Ceremony Room in Fujisawa / 藤沢市 【茶室と水屋】Part 1
This project is a partial renovation on a 20-year-old wooden house. The client is a middle age couple who have all their children grown up and now have a spare room to use for their hobby, which we are going to convert into a tea ceremony room.
Continue reading “Would you like a little tea ceremony room in the house? 趣味はお茶です”
Carpentry School Graduation Project / 大工育成塾 修了制作 Part3
Today, we were able to celebrate the Jotoshiki *1 without any troubles since the start.
Carpentry School Graduation Project / 大工育成塾 修了制作 Part2
It’s been five days since the start. The woodworking part is almost over and most of the students are giving it a finishing touch or have moved onto the next step, Jigumi (trial fitting).
Carpentry School Graduation Project / 大工育成塾 修了制作
This carpentry school is a national project set up to protect Japanese traditional wooden architecture. The project was established 13 years ago aiming to raise competent and skilled young carpenters.
Itakura Method in Zushi / 板倉工法 Part 16 -FINAL-
December 11th, 2015 the ‘Itakura House’ that is friendly to humans as well as the environment has finally been completed!
