Minimalist Mushroom House With A Garden

Mushroom House features a garden with herbs, it's a Y shaped home with a small foot

Mushroom House features a garden with herbs, it's a Y-shaped home with a small foot

Japanese designers and architects continue surprising us with stylish and very functional and practical solutions. Today we are featuring one of such homes, it’s located in Osaka, Japan, it’s built by architecture studio SPACESPACE.

The house is built of timber (which is also widely used in the inner decor) and features a generously proportioned garden. Externally, the building is clad with a dark grey stucco that lends the building a distinct character. The foot is really small, on a small mountain range. The house is called Mushroom House, it has a Y-shaped floor plan, which has been configured in response to external views and sightlines.

The kitchen and dining space are located at the ground level, and a tatami room overlooks a secluded garden. A staircase leads to the home’s upper level, which contains the sleeping quarters. The residents are able to exit the property by descending a ladder that provides access to the roof of the tatami room below.

The interiors are done with natural wood to give them a relaxing feel, and this is a popular idea in modern Japanese design. Large windows bring much light inside, though I don’t know if the owners are satisfied with this level of privacy.

A fruit tree, and other herbs within the external space, provides the family with fresh produce that can be used in the adjacent kitchen.

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The house is clad with dark grey stucco, which gives it an character and there's a tree in between the parts

The house is clad with dark grey stucco, which gives it an character and there's a tree in between the parts

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Greenery and rocks look very interesting in front of a modern dark grey home

Greenery and rocks look very interesting in front of a modern dark grey home

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The fruit trees and herbs produce some food for cooking

The fruit trees and herbs produce some food for cooking

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The lower floor is clad with wood and here you can see a dining space and a kitchen

The lower floor is clad with wood and here you can see a dining space and a kitchen

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Everything is clad with wood, there are bulbs instead of lamps and the furniture is wooden, too

Everything is clad with wood, there are bulbs instead of lamps and the furniture is wooden, too

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There are large windows everywhere, they brign much light inside, though there's not much privacy

There are large windows everywhere, they brign much light inside, though there's not much privacy

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The bedroom on the upper floor is also clad with wood, there are beams and wooden furniture, plus a view on the garden

The bedroom on the upper floor is also clad with wood, there are beams and wooden furniture, plus a view on the garden

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There is a ladder to descend to the garden from the bedroom

There is a ladder to descend to the garden from the bedroom

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The kitchen and living space are united into one, the kitchen is larger as the family loves to cook and spend time here

The kitchen and living space are united into one, the kitchen is larger as the family loves to cook and spend time here

Source: designboom