The client wanted a house had a gallery space and the flexibility that would enable him to accommodate diverse changes in daily life.The house that is a 4 m high 10 x 10 m box shape, built as a conventional wooden construction on a flat stage like - foundation, is structurally supported by the outer walls and columns for the courtyard. This enables the client to redesign the large one - room space quite easily if he wishes to do so in future to suit his life stage - as a gallery, as individual rooms, or necessary space for raising children.

Teruo Miyahara was born in Tokyo in 1966 and studied concrete engineering at University in Japan. At 1999, he established Miyahara Architect Office to pursue an original approach in achieving quality living. He is also teaching at the ICS college of arts and Nihon University. Prominent works include several residential projects, many of which have been awarded.

It is easy to become immersed in preconceived ideas called "common sense" and "experience". But these can at times hinder the creation of truly natural and comfortable spaces. It is therefore essential to keep an open mind. Pure design work is a process that involves identifying what is truly needed, and placing the necessary quantities in the necessary places. Architecture, whether it be a small house for a single family, is the accumulation of this fundamental work process, outweighing all elements of purpose, scale, method of construction, or structure. This is the very essence of our design.