🇯🇵Japan·Private home, not open to visitors

House in Ashiya (芦屋の住宅)

Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Sources checked October 2026

“On a site 7 m wide, a tube-shaped volume set at first-floor level, lit by a double rooflight slit and a 7.2 m strip window.”

Year: 2013
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Single-family house
Access: Private residence, not open to visitors

This house in Ashiya, designed by Tadao Ando's office, stands on a narrow, deep site of 7 m by 25 m. Its main space, shaped like a tube, runs north to south at first-floor level; a double rooflight slit and a long strip window bring a play of light and shade into it.

A private, lived-in home: it is not open to visitors. It is placed without an address, from a public source, at neighbourhood or city level.

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Architecture

The site is 7 m wide and 25 m deep. The house makes the most of it: a tube-shaped space, stretching from north to south, is set at first-floor level. A double rooflight slit 300 mm wide is cut into the ceiling and runs down into the wall; in the east wall opens a strip window 7,200 mm long. The play of light and shade creates a variety of places to be.