Musashino・House with grass roof

The roof is covered with grass. The client wanted to live without air conditioning and wooden exterior, so I proposed clay walls. This is the first work for Studio Prana of a full scale of clay walls house. Because of the fire performance of earthen walls we were able to outfit the wooden and clay outside wall with the fire community standards. For this project ventilation has been particularly considered for the northern planting and green curtains with the help of plants. Summer comfort has been realized without relying on air conditioning.

The grass roof　of the inferior room	The Green curtains (Plant name: Goya, “bitter gourd”)	From the garden	The stairway

View of the portal from the living	Looking up to the veranda.	SE appearance	North exterior

Stairs up to the grass roof	Bitter gourd harvest from the veranda	The main house grass roof	Garden approach

View of the living from the earthen floor*	Green curtains*	North exterior*	Panorama of the grass roof**

From the kitchen overlooking the living room *	From the bedroom overlooking the study*	The appearance of the garden*	A part of the grass roof *

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** photos by : Kida