Our Architectural Works #5

Maison japonaise traditionnelle à Chiba

Dans les collines de Chiba, une authentique maison japonaise façonnée par des décennies de travail manuel — longtemps restée inachevée, aujourd'hui paisiblement renée en lieu de séjour, un pavillon de thé en son cœur.

Carved peony ornament and clay-tiled eaves on the gable of a restored farmhouse
Tea house glowing at dusk above a dry garden, the chashitsu seen at blue hour

Chashitsu, le pavillon de thé au crépuscule

Cedar coffered ceiling with circular floral motifs, a refined detail of Japanese architecture

Plafond à caissons à motifs floraux

Granite path through a hedge gate and beside an aged tree, leading to the old house

Old tree and stone approach

View from the chashitsu deck across the garden toward a distant earthen storehouse

Un espace de thé "Chashitsu" ouvert sur le jardin

  • Granite path through a hedge gate and beside an aged tree, leading to the old house
  • Restored old house with a detached tea pavilion set below a bamboo-covered hillside
  • Detached chashitsu opening through shoji onto a dry garden with stepping stones
  • Carved peony ornament and clay-tiled eaves on the gable of a restored farmhouse
  • Tea house glowing at dusk above a dry garden, the chashitsu seen at blue hour
  • Built-in staggered shelves and a carved transom beside tatami, fine joinery of Japanese architecture
  • View from the chashitsu deck across the garden toward a distant earthen storehouse
  • Corner of the tea pavilion with deep eaves, a floating deck and a dry stone garden
  • Linked rooms divided by checkered-pattern fusuma, opening through to further tatami
  • Cedar coffered ceiling with circular floral motifs, a refined detail of Japanese architecture
  • Timber corridor and a raised tatami room under exposed beams, a flowing plan of Japanese architecture
  • Inner courtyard of cedar-boarded walls and stepping stones, quiet Japanese architecture
  • Decorative cedar fittings with a folding-fan transom and a pierced sailboat panel
  • Tiled entrance floor
  • Linked tatami rooms opened into a single hall, framed by shoji and a high timber ceiling
  • Tatami room with built-in shelving and shoji, looking through toward the kitchen
  • Tea pavilion wing with a hanging scroll, utensils and a round paper lantern along the corridor
  • Tea utensils - a ceramic brazier, water jar, bamboo ladle and tea bowl - arranged in sunlight