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Something is missing. Something has always been missing, and only our own cultural conditioning - the very common fallacy of ignoring altogether the possibility of alternatives other than the two alternatives presented to the mind - has prevented us from seeing it around us and within us, and kept us from developing it.12
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FIGURE 5: Dead Space
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FIGURE 6: Intervention
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FIGURE 7: Prospect
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FIGURE 8: Refuge
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FIGURE 12: Diagram of ground plan for a typical private backyard or courtyard | Scale 1.34
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Figure 1: Whole-house roof plan 1.40
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Figure 2: Ground floor plan of house-garden relationship 1.40
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Figure 3: Ground floor plan of back and front threshold 1.20
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FIGURE 4: Elevation of semiprivate front yard with a view of the street. Seclusion - the state of and the place for being in solitude within the house and garden - is expressed in a combination of semi-transparent living screens and slatted filters. | Scale 1.32
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Figure 5: Section of semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Figure 6. Detail of rain chain [kusari-doi] with curved metal water bowl on plinth 1.4
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Figure 7: Section and ground floor plan of French door-window in wall opening 1.20
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FIGURE 8: Elevation of private backyard or courtyard. Physically separated by high solid garden walls and the rear façade, the connection with the exterior world is broken | Scale 1.32
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Figure 9: Section of private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Fig. 10. Longitudinal section ee @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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FIGURE 11: Section and floor plan of rear reception-dining room with door-window, porte-fenêtre | Scale 1.20
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Fig. 12. Cross-section gg @ semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.12
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Fig. 13. Cross-section gg @ engawa deck/tsubo-niwa garden with water bowl/kusari-doi rain chain 1.6
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Fig. 14. Cross-section gg @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.20
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Fig. 15. Cross-section hh @ semiprivate front yard with door-window, engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.12
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Fig. 16. Cross-section hh @ with door-window, sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.12
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Fig. 1. Cross-section gg @ semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.16
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Fig. 2. Cross-section gg @ semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.4
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Fig. 3. Cross-section hh @ existng semiprivate front yard with picture window 1.16
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Fig. 4. Cross-section hh @ semiprivate front yard with door-window, engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.16
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Fig. 5. Cross-section hh @ lintel/french door junction 1.2
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Fig. 6. Cross-section hh @ french door/threshold junction 1.2
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Fig. 7. Cross-section gg @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.24
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Fig. 8. Cross-section gg @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.6
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Fig. 9. Cross-section hh @ private backyard with door-window, sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.20
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Fig. 10. Cross-section hh @ private backyard with door-window, sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.4
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Fig. 11. Cross-section ii @ front reception with door-window, engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.8
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Fig. 11. Cross-section ii @ front reception external masonry wall with internal wall insulation and decorative finish 1.2
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FIGURE 3: Assembly sequence diagram of lean-to-roof, hisashi, at solid masonry wall | Scale 1.4
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FIGURE 4: Assembly sequence diagram of lean-to-roof, hisashi, at eaves. The deep projecting eaves, which are one of the most characteristic features of traditional Japanese buildings, not only increase durability by preventing the weathering effects of sun and rain, but also effectively function to make the indoor environment more comfortable depending on the height of the sun in each season. They block the sunlight of the summer sun, which is high in the sky; and allow the sunlight of the winter sun, which is low in the sky, to reach the depths of the room, and warm it passively | Scale 1.4
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FIGURE 5: Assembly sequence diagram of ... Scale 1.2
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FIGURE 6: Assembly sequence diagram of Japanese style ishibatate, or 'standing on the stones' post-and-lintel construction. Only at places of actual structural supports, i.e., at the columns, is the groundsill [concrete slab on grade] provided with a simple foundation of tapered granite staddle stone that raises the whole wooden framework above the damp ground. Scale 1.2
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Fig. 7. Substructure [foundations] and timber superstructure 1.20
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Fig. 8. Substructure and timber raised floor, post-and-lintel skeleton framework 1.24
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Fig. 9. Timber post-and-lintel skeleton framework and noyane [hidden roof] @ gable 1.8
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Fig. 10. Timber post-and-lintel skeleton framework @ rabbeted oblique scarf splice [midpoint] 1.4
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Fig. 11. Timber post-and-lintel skeleton framework and noyane [hidden roof] @ rake-eave junction 1.6
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Fig. 12. Timber post-and-lintel skeleton frame and ishibatate @ raised floor 1.4
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Fig. 1. Roof plan 1.40
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Fig. 2. Ground floor plan 1.40
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Fig. 3. Ground floor plan @ front and rear door-windows/thresholds 1.20
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Fig. 4. Ground floor plan @ rear door-window/threshold 1.4
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Fig. 5. Ground floor plan @ front door-window/threshold 1.2
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Fig. 6. Ground floor plan @ semiprivate front yard with engawa deck/tsubo-niwa garden 1.8
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FIGURE 7: Elevation of semiprivate front yard with a view of the street | Scale 1.32
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FIGURE 8: Elevation of private backyard | Scale 1.32
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Fig. 9. Longitudinal section aa @ semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Figure 10: Construction detail of curved metal water bowl on plinth. Scale 1.4
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FIGURE 11: Section indicating standard distances or spacing of posts [columns] and placement of lintel [eve beam] | Scale 1.32
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Fig. 12. Longitudinal section bb @ engawa verandah post-and-lintel structural framework [midpoint] 1.2
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Fig. 13. Longitudinal section bb @ engawa verandah post-and-floor structural framework 1.2
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Fig. 14. Longitudinal section cc @ front facade and engawa verandah 1.32
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Fig. 15. Longitudinal section cc and ground floor plan @ door-window/threshold 1.16
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Fig. 16. Longitudinal section cc @ front facade and 'hidden roof' 1.4
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Fig. 17. Longitudinal section dd @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Fig. 18. Longitudinal section dd @ private backyard with bin/storage 1.6
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Fig. 19. Longitudinal section ee @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Fig. 20. Longitudinal section ee @ sala pavilion post-and-lintel structural framework [midpoint] 1.4
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Fig. 21. Longitudinal section ee @ sala pavilion post-and-floor structural framework 1.4
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Fig. 22. Longitudinal section ff @ rear facade with door-window and tsubo-niwa garden 1.32
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Figure 23: Detail of French door-window in floor-to-lintel wall opening 1.8
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Fig. 24. Cross-section gg @ semiprivate front yard/pedestrian path/street 1.20
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Fig. 25. Cross-section gg @ semiprivate front yard with engawa verandah and tsubo-niwa garden 1.12
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Figure 26: Detail of lean-to-roof, hisashi, at solid wall 1.2
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Figure 27: Detail of lean-to-roof, hisashi, at overhanging eave with rain gutter and rain chain [kusari-doi] 1.1
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Figure 28: Detail of rain chain [kusari-doi] with curved metal water bowl 1.6
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Figure 29: Detail of ... 1.2
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Fig. 30. Cross-section gg @ private backyard with sala pavilion and tsubo-niwa garden 1.20
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Fig. 31. Cross-section hh @ semiprivate front yard with door-window, engawa verandah, and tsubo-niwa garden 1.12
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Fig. 32. Cross-section hh @ front door-window floor-to-lintel junction 1.2
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Fig. 33. Cross-section hh @ sala pavilion/tsubo-niwa garden/door-window 1.12
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Fig. 34. Cross-section hh @ sala pavilion timber post-and-lintel structural framework/hidden roof 1.6
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Fig. 35. Cross-section hh @ sala terrace/tsubo-niwa garden/door-window 1.6
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Fig. 36. Cross-section hh @ rear door-window/threshold junction 1.2
Home for the future
Home for the future
Residential
Remodelling
Greater Manchester, North West England
2025
48 m²
65 m²
50 m²
50 m²
100 m²
133 m²
The term ‘site area’ [SA] means: ‘…the total area of the site within the site title boundaries [or the total area within the site title boundaries defined by the employer as the site for the building], measured on a horizontal plane.’; NRM1 [New Rules of Measurement]: Order of cost estimating and cost planning for capital building works.
The term 'total useful floor area' [TUFA], or 'total usable floor area' means: ‘...the total area of all enclosed spaces measured to the internal face of the external walls.’; Part L of the Building Regulations. It suggests that this is equivalent to the 'gross floor area' as measured in accordance with the guidance issued to surveyors by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [RICS].
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+ small secluded visual gardens.