Architecture

My K House Building Design

Architect Masayoshi SetogawaMasayoshi Setogawa

Born in Kyoto, 1953.
Setogawa focuses on “modern Japan” as a main theme, developing and designing office buildings, ateliers and houses, as well as renovations for old buildings in Kyoto.
He enjoys waka poems, Noh theater, and seal carving in his spare time.

Representative work
・north-cottage
・Takii Seed Co., Ltd. (Kanto Branch)
・Guest House Sumiyoshi

・Member of the Enjin01 Cultural Strategy Group
・Director of Preservation Society of the Hashi-Benkei-Yama-Float Foundation, Social Welfare Corporation G.K.S.C.
HP: http://www.rsession.com/
Profile
1979
Studied at Kyoto University, M.A. Architecture
1979
Worked at Bureau of Architecture at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation Headquarter
1987
Established ART-SESSION Co., Ltd
1988
Incorporated ART-SESSION Co., Ltd
2006
Renamed as r-session inc.
April 2001 - March 2004
Part-time lecturer at Kyoto University(Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture)
April 2003 - March 2007
Part-time lecturer at Tokyo Denki University (Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture)
December 2006 -
Member of the Enjin01 Cultural Strategy Group

north-cottage:
A housing complex consisting of 4 modern residences located in Kitayama in north Kyoto.
Recipient of the Good Design Award in 2005.

Awards and Exhibitions
1997
The Encouraging Prize in Kinki Block in the 10th Nikkei Office Awards - “Keika Kyuhai, headquarter building”
2005
Good Design Award - “north-cottage”
August 2004
The Housing Exhibition at north-cottage
November 2004
The Architecture Exhibition at Shinpukan
September 2007
Participated Japan-China Cultural Persons' Meeting “Contemporary Japanese Architecture by 4 Architects”
May 2011
Lecturer at Japan Expo, Pisa“Traditions and Architecture of Kyoto”
May 2011
Lecturer at Polytechnic University of Milan
June 2015
JIA Exhibition of Architecture in the Kyoto Regional Group
November 2017
JIA Exhibition of Kyoto’s Architects

Designing My K House

My K House was built with the entire 5-story building set retracted from the front street to allow all of the east-facing rooms to get a full view of the townscape along the Takase River and Kyoto’s beautifully laid east-mountain district.

The first floor features patio windows that can be opened completely to extend the café bar into an open-café terrace- a relaxing spot that integrates well into the old quarter.

The guestrooms on the second to fifth floor are modern tatami floored rooms with western bedding.
Each room is equipped with a bathroom, kitchen, washing machine and spacious terrace.