Tomoaki Uno Architects has limited the material palette of this windowless Japanese house to cedar and cypress to offer its sick owner a pared-back and therapeutic home.
Named Ogimachi House, the sky-lit dwelling in Nagoya was commissioned by a young client for his mother, who required a private and calming space to help her recover from an illness.
Tomoaki Uno Architects' design is deliberately simple, and built almost entirely from wood in recognition of the material's physical and psychological benefits.
