House in Saka25. Nov2011
Completed this month (November 2011), the latest creation of Suppose Design Office is another outstanding example of space design thinking. Being placed at a crossroad in Hiroshima the house would have been visually exposed to the pedestrians and to the noise as well.
The solution was to make the exterior wall with no windows but allowing the light to enter the house from below and from above and leave no chance of visibility of the interior. Thus, the house presents itself as a white rock on the outside while the interior baths in a mellow white light which enriches the wooden surfaces creating intimate and cozy places everywhere in the house. 
The house has its day spaces sunk in the ground, while the night space is at the upper floor, this way the house accommodates two levels without having an intrusive presence in the area. 
Makoto Tanijiri - head of Suppose Design Office - thinks that it is important to keep looking for something new as an architect.He defined his work as a chance to realize fresh ideas about buildings and relationships of all interactive elements. It is a pleasure for Tanijiri to detect new potential of architecture.
The possibility could be recognized only in a situation facing to himself with mind of equivalency to all buildings in different scale and cost, such as dog houses and skyscrapers.
The architect sometimes feels that society is dismissive of accepting modern ideas, so he wants to explore something new but also familiar to human life.
For example, people would appreciate an apple just falling off a tree more than the one in pink or purple, which is never seen before.
Tanijiri believes that he could find the answer in daily life with having fresh eyes judging from different perspectives.
The architect never doubts that a reason people always want "new" is because they have a strong desire of making better environment without being satisfied with the present condition.
With the aspiration to enhance the human environment, Makoto Tanijiri is contributing to a "new architecture" in seeking its answers to ordinary life.
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