Completed December 2012

for Drexel University

Neil Ryan Young LEED AP

610 348 1188

n e i l ry a nyou ng @gmail.com
Koshino House
The site of the Koshino
house is located within a
densely populate suburb of
Osaka Japan.

From the interior, views have

been designed to focus
attention to the wooded
area of the site, and creates
a rural aesthetic.

While the modern concrete

forms dominate the site,
they maintain a delicate
balence with the open
space located on the lower
potion of the site.

Neil Ryan Young

Arch 134
October 24, 2012
 Studio

Main House

Guest Rooms

Site plan: created in Autodesk

Revit, modified with Adobe
Illustrator CS6

Birds eye site view: modeled

in Autodesk Revit, rendered in
TwinMotion.
Site Plan
 Studio
Entry
Bath

Closet

The entry of the Koshino house

is at the upper level. From
Section B this angle, one gets a nearly
uninterupted view of the
wooded area beyond the site
Kitchen

Dining Living and can see the linear form of

the buildings below.

To access the lower level, visitors

must travel down a stair directly
opposite the main entry. Once
on the lower leve, there is a
connecting corridor that links
all three buildings. This corridor
Bath Storage Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Tatami is a narrow space that opens at
both ends to spectacular views.

Above:
Image modeled and rendered
in Autodesk Revit

Plans, Elevations and Sections:

modeled with Audesk Revit,
modified with Adobe Illustrator
Section A

CS6

Ground Floor Plan

 3030 2970 4950 5925

Studio Roof

1450
1043 1093
Section B Entry

3300
Bed Bed Open To Below

Toilet

3335
Courtyard

5535
Guest Room Roof

4800 1200 4800 6000

Section A

First Floor Plan

 The above photograph
illustrates the suburban location
of the site.

North West Isometric

East Elevation

South Elevation
 Top of Wall
1700

Sreeet
0
Toilet

Floor 2
-1200

Studio
Connecting Corridor Sitting Rm Floor Bed
-2900

Floor 1
-3800

Section A

Roof 3
1270

Sreeet
0
Living Room Entry

Roof 1
-1280

Floor 1
-3800

Foundation
-4800

Section B
This rendering illustrates the
simplicity in the design and
interior aesthetic. Natural
elements (concrete, wood,
steel) serve as the primary
elements inside and out.

Modeled in Autodesk Revit,

rendered in TwinMotion
The experience of the Koshino
house is one of light and
shadow. The architect was very
deliberate in his placement
of windows and skylights to
control the amount of light in
the building.

The quality of light is equally

important to the experience
of the Koshino house. Most
glazing faces East or South while
skylights wash the northern
walls turning the interior into a
giant sundial.

This rendering illustrates the

quality of light on a winter
morning.

Modeled in Autodek Revit,

rendered in TwinMotion,
enhanced with Adobe
Photoshop CS6
The courtyard between the
main house and guest house
creates a crevasse that like the
interior space, is dominated by
the contras of light and shadow.
Test Image rendered in
Autodesk Revit and enhanced
with Adobe Photoshop CS6