EASTERN Design Office was commissioned by a client to design him a house awaiting death in the next 15 years. The clients request was for a house awaiting death, for the moment when life is extinguished, not the sunset, but the desire to see the sunrise. I know it sounds rather dark but personally it is so refreshing when such an honest brief is given to any Architects. I'm almost jealous. This particular project takes to a beach far beyond the sublime Suzuka mountain range, past the ravines of the Ise Penninsula and exceeds the boundaries of this the clients own site. The Architects have created several polygonal windows that plays with the early morning light, with the overlapping windows and accumulation of light and shadow, the entire building erupts in a hymn to the morning. The distance from the site to the beach is 150m and its breadth extends for 7km.
'Are you going to live alone?'.
'Alone. Sometimes I want to call over friends'. A quiet pause, 'I want to hear the crash of a wave.'
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