<ul><li>Takeshi Hosaka designs Yayoi House, a two-story concrete residence in Tokyo integrating natural processes like rainwater runoff and edible vines.</li><li>The house features two large semicircular skylights that channel sunlight into the central living space, surrounded by various rooms and a terrace.</li><li>Yayoi House emphasizes a living ecosystem with greenery wrapping the structure, a food cycle from kitchen waste to terrace plants, and a self-regulated aquatic microcosm near the entrance.</li><li>Architect Takeshi Hosaka's intentional design creates a vertical canvas for sunlight and moonlight to refract, rooting domestic life in a deliberate ecosystem of plants, water, and light.</li></ul>

semicircular skylights cast sunbeams across takeshi hosaka’s concrete residence in tokyo

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