Because of the New Years holidays not so much progress had been made nevertheless the facade was almost finished. The front door is now being made and the material for the two cudes that stick out of the facade had arrived. Looking forwards to next week to see all this hopefully in place.
The first layer of the facade boarding was painted with Osmo in four colors, each corresponding to one zone and dominated by the high side lights at each corner of the house. The four colors are red, yellow, blue and geen. The red cedar will weather to a gray color leaving a hint of color in the joint. The design idea is not so much to create a strong expression with the colors, no instead only subtle accents in place where one wouldn’t expect color to reside, such as these joint or the edges of the shelfs in the interior.
The substrate boarding has been installed and the first impression is that the house look as an exact, but enlarged, copy of the model we made. Also the roof is now fully completed and the seamlessness of the FRP finish looks perfect in contrast to the red cedar wood finish of the walls. Als the canopy above the entrance was being installed. Initially designed in galvanized steel it was executed in stainless steel to reduce labor cost. 
The work on the top-coat was finished today. Also the ceiling in the center of the living area was completed.
Gradually the top-coat is being applied and the roof is nearing completion.
The FRP is applied in several layers and is almost finished except for the top-coat. Inside the insulation for the floor has been installed and work on the boarding is in progress.
No obvious big changes but gradual progress progress is made.
The roof will be finished in Fiber Reinforced Plastic, a type of water barrier often used in Japan for balconies. But also to make bath tubs and yachts. To satisfy the level of fire protectiveness required the substrate is to be in two layers of gypsum board and the top-coat also needs to be fire resistant. At this stage the substrate gypsum board is being installed. Because of expected rainy weather the carpenter has made this light weight temporary cover to protect the materials against moist. Actually this “glass house” like roof space landscaped with the four triangles of the high side light, is quite beautiful.
Further progress made on instaling the vapour barrier on the exterior and the slats for the ventilated cavity. Also the carpenter had made the special detail for the roof drain.
The vapour barrier and the foundation insulation were being installed. Also the insulation was being placed between the post of the exterior walls. This is a wood fiber based insulation system developed in Germany. In addition to this soft wood fiber insulation placed between the post there will be an additional 40mm hard pressed exterior insulation. This all will be finished with a wood slat finish with a ventilated cavity. The slats in the foto with the curved cut-outs will be used to create this ventilated cavity.
Progress has been made on installing the stuctural plywood to stabelize the structure. This is the boarding that can be seen on the outside. Also the insulation material was delivered on site.
The whole wood structure is delivered on site pre-cut and is installed in a matter of a day. This is the first time the whole volume of the house can be perceived. The proportions look pretty much as I had imagined.
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水曜日の時点；現場の状況です。
The site had been sitting idle for quite a while and is what became of it, a wilderness. The client put in great effort to clear the site and on the 12th of August the groundbreaking ceremony could take place on a clean site.
The Site (November 2012)
On Friday 25th of July the building permit was granted for our project S-HOUSE in Tsukuba. Today on Sunday 27th of July the construction contract was signed. We are now looking forward to the works to start on site at the end of August. But in the meantime the site needs to be cleared as it has become a wilderness in the meantime.
On June 15th 2014 finally the construction contract was signed for the construction of S-House in Tsukuba. A private residence of about 84 sqm, designed on a square footprint. Its most obvious features are the four “ears”, large triangle shapes sticking outof the roof and extending from windows shifted upwards to become high side lights. This brings in natural light deeper into the house, stricking and bouncing off the walls and allows views of the sky. The roof will be white in FRP and the walls in wood (yaki-sugi) with between the slats colored slats to add texture to the walls.
Study Model 1:30 scale made for the exhibition showing the design for the energy efficient house in Tsukuba that we are designing now. The model was on display during the 50th anniversary exhibition at ICS College of Arts.