架构师提供的文本描述。日本拥有丰富的森林资源和世界一流的木材建筑技术。同时，该国经常发生地震，并对地震力量有非常严格的结构规定。与混凝土或钢框架结构相比，木材结构需要更多的墙体，并有其他限制，无法轻易跨越很长的距离。然而，日本传统建筑已经证明，木材结构的这些局限性-如果作为一种优势和适当的应用-可以提高建筑的空间质量。

Text description provided by the architects. Japan has abundant forest resources and world's first class timber construction technology. The country is, at the same time, struck by frequent earthquakes and has very strict structural regulations against the seismic force. Compared to concrete or steel frame structure, timber structure requires more walls and has other limitations such that it cannot readily span a long distance. Traditional Japanese architecture has proven, however, that these limitations of timber structure can – when used as an advantage and properly applied – enhance the architectural spatial quality.

 © Kiyotoshi Mori & Natsuko Kawamura

(三)森生义(Kiyotoshi Mori)

这所住宅位于东京郊区一个安静的住宅区，比街道高度高出1米。为了满足客户在紧凑型场地上最大建筑体积的要求，房屋的建造达到了北侧规定允许的最高点(这限制了建筑高度，以避免在相邻的房屋上投下阴影)。它有一个门廊，所以它不会压倒街上的过路人。交错楼面是从半地下室-为地役权的面积比率-和方法，利用现有的地面水平。顶层是一个宽敞的连续空间，由倾斜的屋顶和阶梯式楼层组成。

This residence in a quiet residential neighborhood of Tokyo's suburb is elevated 1 m above the street level. In order to meet the client's request for the maximum building volume on the compact site, the house is built up to the highest point allowed by the north-side regulation (which limits the building height to avoid casting shadow on the neighboring houses). It has a gabled form so that it would not overwhelm the passerby on the street. The staggered floors were derived from the semi-basement – created for the easement of the floor area ratio – and the approach that utilizes the existing ground level. The top floor is a generously-sized continuous space composed of slanted roofs and stepped floors.

 © Kiyotoshi Mori & Natsuko Kawamura

(三)森生义(Kiyotoshi Mori)

它需要一个良好的规划，放置梁和柱，以创造一个巨大的开放空间。在使用木柱定义空间时，还考虑了在大空间中适当放置木材柱的问题。梁由容易得到的木材组成，由V形柱支撑.它们一起创造了一个相对较大的-木材结构-在满足预算的同时开放的空间。组合梁和V形柱定义了房间的空间.

It requires a good planning to place beams and columns in order to create a large open space. The appropriate placement of timber columns in a large space was also considered while using the columns to define the space. The beams – composed of readily available lumber – are supported by V-shaped columns. Together, they create a relatively large – for timber structure – open space while meeting the budget. The composite beams and V-shaped columns define spaces in the room.