FujiwaraMuro Architects overlaps concrete boxes to form Osaka house

A blocky concrete form and cutout courtyards define House in Tsurumi-ku, a family home that Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has added to a sloping street corner in Osaka.
Set on a plinth embedded into the plot, the home comprises a series of overlapping concrete blocks and smaller volumes coated in timber battens, punctured by few external openings.
FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed House in Tsurumi-ku in Osaka
Across the interior, gaps and courtyards between the blocky forms allow l