This house for parents located on Amami-Oshima Island where is severe subtropical climate and often hit by typhoon. To accommodate this condition, a rectangular roof which is supported by 4 meter-span steel framework structure was installed. This roof create environment as if it is comfortable habitat under trees. Concrete walls stand independent from roof structure to achieve floor plan without any restriction by steel columns for the roof. The continuously projecting concrete wall create impression that Living Room is expanding toward the rich external landscape of this island.

Matsuyama Architect and Associates is the design-led award winning architectural practice based in Fukuoka, Kyusyu, Japan. In more than 20 years of practice history, series of finely crafted architecture has been produced that praise profound tradition of Japanese culture and harmonise with contemporary society in the globe. Among the wide range of projects in scale, from 11,000 m2 hospital to a suburban wooden shed, luxury resort-like healthcare design based on thorough understanding of functionalities create distinctive character of the practice. At the same time residential building based on careful observation of human activities generate simple but accomplished prototype of contemporary residential buildings.

Matsuyama Architect and Associates is the design-led award winning architectural practice based in Fukuoka, Kyusyu, Japan. In more than 20 years of practice history, series of finely crafted architecture has been produced that praise profound tradition of Japanese culture and harmonise with contemporary society in the globe. Masakatsu Matsuyama, principal of the practice, and his architectural philosophy were formed under significant influence from his birthplace, Amami Oshima which is one of southern islands in Kyushu-region. Its bilateral environment which are warm and gentle climate with intimate community and hence, typhoon-hit sever climate affect his architectural principle. Among a wide range of projects in scale, from 11,000 m2 hospital to a suburban wooden shed, luxury resort-like healthcare design based on thorough understanding of functionalities create distinctive character of the practice. At the same time residential building based on careful observation of human activities generate simple but accomplished prototype of contemporary residential buildings.