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"Inverting Tradition in Japan\na ryue nishizawa country house that looks inward\nA country house near Karuizawa, Japan, by Ryue Nishizawa was designed to be enclosed for privacy.\nThe exterior is galvanized, corrugated steel.\n&amp;quot;It feels as if the house slowly moves and adapts itself to everyday life,&amp;quot; says the architect, who created an open plan modulated by three interior gardens.\nIn the living area are paintings by the client&amp;#39;s daughter. The walls are stained wood veneer; the floors are birch. &amp;quot;Wood is part of Japanese culture,&amp;quot; Nishizawa notes.\nA courtyard garden provides light and ventilation.\nThe kitchen. As the gardens fill in with vegetation, &amp;quot;the transparency of the entire space will decrease and a more complicated privacy configuration will develop.&amp;quot;\nThe client requested a tatami room and wanted the house sparsely furnished. To maximize the light, Nishizawa used reflective plastic sheeting for the ceilings.\nThe house is on a wooded site, and Nishizawa painted the corrugated steel black &amp;quot;so the architectural volume blends with the colors of the forest and soil.&amp;quot;\nThe open plan combines elements of traditional Japanese architecture and modern influences."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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