How can the best of traditional and modern design and technology be combined to create a carbon neutral home? In the mountains above Kyoto, Japan, one man, (with the help of his friends, family and neighbours), sets out on an intrepid journey to design and build a truly sustainable eco-home. Follow me as I encounter the challenges and solutions that the house and its mountain forest environment present.
It was always the idea to keep the house lines and design in tune with the forest and mountain landscape. Shots from the road on an early Spring morning walk...
Okumura-san who dug the foundations 2 years ago stopped by to say hello. Poor chap arrived just as I was hand-digging the path way to the house. Wasn't too difficult to convince him to unload the digger to give me a hand! Saved me two days of manual labour!! Many thanks!
Been a year or more and finally getting around to putting guttering on the north side. Looks better without I think but will stop the deluge of water that floods the front garden.
