House

Abstract

A space configuration of a house is provided, in which the continuity from the inside of a room to a semi-outdoor space is created in various directions to give a feeling of openness in a large area inside of the room. Windows capable of daylighting and ventilation are provided respectively in two wall surfaces of a room so as to each have an opening width accounting for ½ or more of a corresponding wall length of the wall surfaces. One window has an opening that accounts for a whole ceiling height of the room, and a doorway is provided in the opening. On the outside of the one window, a semi-outdoor space including an exterior floor and an eaves ceiling is largely extended.

1 . A house comprising: a semi-outdoor space having an exterior floor and an eaves ceiling outside of a room; and windows via which an internal space of the room and the semi-outdoor space communicate with each other, wherein
 a first window and a second window capable of daylighting and ventilation are provided respectively in two wall surfaces facing each other of the room so as to straightly face each other and to each have an opening width accounting for ½ or more of a wall length of the corresponding one of the wall surfaces,   the first window provided in one wall surface of the two wall surfaces has an opening that accounts for a whole ceiling height of the room, and at least one doorway capable of being opened and closed is provided in the opening,   the second window provided in the other wall surface of the two wall surfaces is at least any one of the following: a floor-level window whose lower edge is at a same level as a floor surface of the room; a high window whose upper edge is at a same level as a ceiling surface of the room; a window whose opening accounts for the whole ceiling height of the room; and a window having a combined feature of the above kinds of windows,   on an outside of the first window provided in the one wall surface, the exterior floor continuously provided at the same level as the floor surface of the room and the eaves ceiling continuously provided at the same level as the ceiling surface of the room are extended so as to spread across at least a whole opening width of the first window,   an extension size of the exterior floor in a direction orthogonally intersecting with the opening of the first window is 0.8 times or more the ceiling height of the room, and   an extension size of the eaves ceiling in the direction orthogonally intersecting with the opening of the first window is 0.6 times or more the ceiling height of the room.   
     
     
         2 . The house according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the one wall surface has the largest wall length in the room, and   the first window provided in the one wall surface has the opening width not less than a facing distance between the one wall surface and the other wall surface.   
     
     
         3 . A house comprising: a semi-outdoor space having an exterior floor and an eaves ceiling outside of a room; and windows via which an internal space of the room and the semi-outdoor space communicate with each other, wherein
 a first window and a second window capable of daylighting and ventilation are provided respectively in two wall surfaces forming an external corner of the room so as to be continuously arranged having an L-shape in planar view and to each have an opening width accounting for ½ or more of a wall length of the corresponding one of the two wall surfaces,   the first window provided in one wall surface of the two wall surfaces has an opening that accounts for a whole ceiling height of the room, and at least one doorway capable of being opened and closed is provided in the opening,   the second window provided in the other wall surface of the two wall surfaces is at least any one of the following: a floor-level window whose lower edge is at a same level as a floor surface of the room; a high window whose upper edge is at a same level as a ceiling surface of the room; a window whose opening accounts for the whole ceiling height of the room; and a window having a combined feature of the above kinds of windows,   on an outside of the first window provided in the one wall surface, the exterior floor continuously provided at the same level as the floor surface of the room and the eaves ceiling continuously provided at the same level as the ceiling surface of the room are extended so as to extend across at least a whole opening width of the first window,   an extension size of the exterior floor in a direction orthogonally intersecting with the opening of the first window is 0.8 times or more the ceiling height of the room, and   an extension size of the eaves ceiling in the direction orthogonally intersecting with the opening of the first window is 0.6 times or more the ceiling height of the room.   
     
     
         4 . The house according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the one wall surface has the largest wall length in the room, and   the first window provided in the one wall surface has the opening width not less than the wall length of the other wall surface intersecting with the one wall surface.   
     
     
         5 . The house according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the exterior floor is provided on a second floor, and   a waist-height wall having a ventilation capacity is erected in a vicinity of an outer peripheral edge of the exterior floor provided on the second floor, and   the waist-height wall is constituted of a sight-proof louver extending in a lateral direction.   
     
     
         6 . The house according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the room and another room are arranged in a vertically stacking manner as two stories,   the first window is provided in each of the room and the other room that are vertically arranged so as to have the opening that accounts for the whole ceiling height of the corresponding room, and   the opening surface of each first window is arranged so as to have a same orientation.   
     
     
         7 . The house according to  claim 6 , wherein
 a box-shaped structure having a rectangle shape in planar view is provided at a middle part of a wall surface of each of the room and the other room that are vertically arranged, the wall surface in which neither the first window nor the second window is provided, and   the box-shaped structure covers an inside and an outside of each of the room and the other room that are vertically arranged and penetrates the room and the other room in a vertical direction.   
     
     
         8 . The house according to  claim 7 , wherein
 load-bearing walls are provided on an outer periphery of the box-shaped structure in two directions orthogonally intersecting with each other.