Wabi Sabi Houses. Wabi House is a project by architect Tadao Ando where BAAQ collaborated as associate architect on the development of the executive project and. Dec 19 2018 - Pared down to its barest essence wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature of accepting the natural cycle of growth decay and death.
Its a philosophy that offers a path toward home-as-sanctuary a simple place free. In conceiving this house and while walking the site the work began to coalesce around an idea of textures materials and expressed joinery and connections. In Japanese Wabi means an asymmetrical rustic beauty while Sabi is a beauty that will last forever through the years.
Striving for perfection might be a natural impulse but the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi encourages a more liberating perspective.
Set in a traditional residential neighborhood of Houston close to Rice University and near the cultural center of the city the 3-bedroom 3- baths 3750 square-foot wooden house combines the beauty of natural materials and simple modern forms. The Wabi-sabi tiny house was built in 2018 in Terrebonne and Portland Oregon. Play with your senses. Wabi Sabi architecture is rustic close which combines with style spatial texture materials and color elements.