Tull Weekend Home / Rei Mitsui Architects | ArchDaily
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Completed in 2024 in Karuizawa, Japan. Images by Jérémie Souteyrat, Yoichi Onoda. This weekend retreat is set within a mountain forest, designed as a grounded place of dwelling immersed in nature. Typically, mountain vacation homes...
Save this picture!© Yoichi Onoda+ 27 Curated by Miwa Negoro Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1040426/tull-weekend-home Clipboard "COPY" CopyHouses•Karuizawa, Japan Architects: Rei Mitsui Architects Area Area of this architecture project Area: 101 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 Photographs Photographs:Yoichi Onoda, Jérémie Souteyrat Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Dining Room Lighting / FOSCARINI / APLOMB MINI, Dining Room Table / WOOD YOU LIKE COMPANY / CHU SAKUSEN TABLE, Kitchen Countertop / MATSUOKA / Solid stainless steel, Hot Vibration Finish, Post and Beam / Tsujikei-Meiboku / Kitayama-sugi (Japanese red ceder) Lead Architects: Rei Mitsui Category: HousesLead Team: Ryosuke HaraGeneral Contractor: Daiichi Kensetsu Co., Ltd.Engineering & Consulting > Structural: Ryotaro Sakata Structural EngineersCity: KaruizawaCountry: JapanDid you collaborate on this project?More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture!© Jérémie Souteyrat Text description provided by the architects. This weekend retreat is set within a mountain forest, designed as a grounded place of dwelling immersed in nature. Typically, mountain vacation homes are elevated on slopes to offer stunning views, but through dialogues with the client, it became evident that being close to the ground, without detachment from nature, was more important than floating for the view.