Optical Glass House Floor Plans

Optical glass façade a façade of some 6 000 pure glass blocks 50mm x 235mm x 50mm was employed.

Optical glass house floor plans.

Floor plan level 1. Filtered light through the garden trees flickers on the living room floor and a super lightweight curtain of sputter coated metal dances in the wind. Glass block construction detail. Hiroshi nakamura nap 16 17.

The pure glass blocks with their large mass per unit area effectively shut out sound and enable the creation of an open clearly articulated garden that admits the city scenery. Floor plan level 0. Floor plan level 3. Optical glass house hiroshi.

Optical glass house hiroshi nakamura nap zoom image view original size this house is sited among tall buildings in downtown hiroshima overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams. Second floor plan of the optical glass house image. Optical glass house was constructed beside a busy road so hiroshi nakamura and his studio nap wanted to create a private oasis where residents could still make out the movements of people and.