“HINGE HOUSE”: Space embracing plural people, activities, and objects by devising a timber frame joint

Abstract

Abstract We designed a house that embraces plural people, activities, and objects and where people act autonomously in a suburb of Tokyo. A new hinge joint and innovative timber framework were devised to implement the liberated ample space, and environmental strategies were adopted.

Keywords

• timber frame joint
• timber framework
• wooden house
• well‐being residential environment in an aging society
• house environmental strategy