AN INSIGHT INTO THE ARCHITECT'S WAY OF DESIGN ANTONIN RAYMOND'S KARUIZAWA HOUSE

摘要

This paper presents a study of Karuizawa house, designed in 1933 by Antonin Raymond for himself, his family and part of his office staff. The paper focuses on an analysis of the design from an architectural point of view. The intention is to emphasize the value of Raymond's design beyond its dept to Le Corbusier's unbuilt project for Errazuris house (1930) by replacing this contribution within the ensemble of various elements that pertained to its creation. The analysis brings forth the complexity and subtlety with which components of the Japanese traditional minka and sukiya architectural types were combined with forms belonging to Western modem architecture, through the application of a Japanese way of design embodied in the tatami based proportion system and the art of carpentry.