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Monolith & Water Villa

Residential

Location

Kyoto

Area

460 m²

Year

2024

Typology

Private Residence

Monolith & Water Villa

The Story

A board-formed concrete villa arranged around a still reflecting pool, where every room borrows its sky from the water.

The villa is a study in restraint: three concrete volumes slide past one another over a mirror-still pool. Interiors are lined in warm plaster and pale oak, drawing the landscape inward. Openings are placed not for views but for weather — rain streaks, monsoon glare, winter low-sun — making the seasons the only ornament.

Material Palette

Board-formed ConcretePale OakLime PlasterBasalt
Monolith & Water Villa — view 1

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