#courtyard-house

#courtyard-house

The House of a Writer is born from a central courtyard that articulates and gives meaning to all the spaces around it. The project embraces the traditional concept of the house with a courtyard, where a bookshelf -the protagonist in the double-height of the central space- becomes the axis that connects the various activities of the home centered around writing.

A courtyard house in Lome's Adakpame district built with compressed earth blocks.

Kaku-Kaku Kanadel, designed by Takeshi Hosaka, is a house in , , conceived for a family of three who are also practicing artists. The balances individual creative spaces with shared areas, creating a domestic environment that accommodates both private work and family life. The house is composed of four interconnected volumes, each defined by distinct roof forms. Together, they create a small village-like configuration, linked by gardens, terraces, and passageways.