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Let’s Enjoy Nasu with Kaori!

Basic Image of the House

建物の基本イメージ0
When designing a vacation house, you first need a clear basic image of the building. Kaori’s ideal is a Southern European resort-style vacation house. (This page is originally written in Japanese; the main content is shown in Japanese mode.)
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▼ Basic Requirements

Below are the basic requirements Kaori shared for the design.

  1. Two bedrooms, each 8 tatami mats or larger.
  2. Two-story layout; one bedroom on the second floor for privacy.
  3. On the first floor, connect bedroom/living/dining as one flow, all south-facing.
  4. No strong preference for entrance location.
  5. Kitchen location flexible; standard specification.
  6. Barrier-free bath/toilet accessible by wheelchair.
  7. Three-panel bath door for wheelchair access.
  8. Sliding toilet door; enough space to turn a wheelchair.
  9. Wide paths and no steps inside.
  10. Entrance step minimized to 6 cm at most.
  11. Minimize step from interior to terrace.
  12. Enable daily activities on the first floor; second floor for standard use.
  13. Add a slope from parking to entrance.
  14. Avoid dead ends; allow circulation flow.
  15. Large and many windows for a bright interior.

Kaori aimed to make the house as barrier-free as possible because it can be comfortable for everyone.

After about a month, Kaori met the architect again at Pension “Sarai” for the first design meeting.

Kaori even asked for scissors and started rearranging the plan pieces to match her image.

Later, it turned out the architect had drawn the plan assuming a different plot of land.


建物の基本イメージ
The dining room at Pension “Sarai,” a Southern European resort-like space and comfortable even in winter.
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How to read this story

Each page shows one step of building the vacation house in Nasu, such as land search, meetings with the architect, construction, and daily life after completion.
You can start from any part you like, but reading in order may help you understand the full flow more clearly.

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