the exterior walls and roof are finished, structurally, and the carpenters are finishing the interior.

壁と屋根が構造的なものとして出来ていますので大工さんは内部仕上の下地が始まりました。

↑↑　roofscape. The carpenters did a brilliant job of framing the roof in spite of the subtle twist. It looks beautiful from top and bottom.

ルーフスケープ。微妙な捻りがあっても、大工さんがすごく良い仕事をやりました、上からみても下から見てもかっこいいです。

↑↑ from the entrance. wooden walls are being insulated now (the concrete walls will be finished with sprayed on insulation later)…

入口から2階踊り場を見る。断熱材は木材壁に今に入れています。コンクリート壁は後で内部に断熱材を吹きつける。

↑↑ interior. the interior walls need to be sheathed in parts on both sides with structural grade plywood to work as shear walls. The drawings are pretty clear about which ones these are but the sub-contractor somehow thought he needed to do them all and we didn’t catch it until he was just finishing. We decided to leave them as they are rather than make him take out the extra bits of ply-wood.

The big gap in the wall in back on the photo above is for bringing materials through to the back of the site (the road is just beyond the opening). It will be filled in later.

内部。内部壁は所所に両サイド構造用合板が必要ですけど、大工さんは全壁が必要と思いました。私達が見に行った時にちょうど終わったごろでしたからそのままにする事をOKしました。

↑↑ another shot from the deck. The overhang and fin/wall that frame the large livingroom window seems to have been forgotten, but will soon be rectified.

デッキからリビングを見る。

well, we are finally filling in the last gaps, about a week later than planned, and with some changes on the way. The client asked for some color changes and so did the neighbour. In the interest of happy neighbours we decided to not do some of the noisier demolition work (involving serious jack-hammer power), and changed a color or two. The whole still works ok, and next set of images should be the finished product.

一週間遅くなりましたけど、もそろそろ終わりです。客さんと近所の人の頼みで、仕上色とデイテルが少し変更になりましたけど、全体的には良い感じと思います。次のポストは出来た物を見せる事が出来ると思う。。。

↑↑ the final part of the inside was finished up this week with the installation of the glass door in the bath, using some rather nice hinges@top and bottom. My camera causes some serious distortion but you can get a feeling for the final product. it is better than we thought it would be actually, which is a nice feeling, for a change…

内部の最後の部分が出来ました。浴室の強化硝子扉が設置しました。結構良い感じです。思ったより良い物になりまして、うれしいです。

Sometimes, i guess, it is impossible to just draw a line and say something has been finished. This is one of those times.

we had the structural check yesterday and the engineer was happy with the wood walls and roof, and all the major parts are in place and working fine, but there are still some parts of the roof where the structure needs to be filled in. This is going to happen over the next few days, at the same time as plywood sheathing is attached to the exterior walls and to the roof. It seems to be easier for the carpenters to do it this way and we are happy to oblige as long as the engineer is happy.

The steel parts are all finally sandwiched by wood according to the drawings, and the remaining studs are up, so it won’t be long before we start working on the final finishes, inside and out.

昨日は構造検査が成功しました。天井の梁がちゃんと出来まして、後は天井/屋根の垂木だけが少し残っています。もうすぐ内部と外部の仕上が始まる気分が来ましたね !

↑↑　from deck. デッキからリビングを見る 。

↑↑　looking out from living room.リビングから外を見る。

↑↑ceiling under construction, with roof beam finished by wood bolted on both sides.　工事中天井。鉄の梁が両サイドに木材を付けまして完成しました。

↑↑ as mentioned in the previous post, the main structure was built out of straight parts, with pre-cut timbers all made the same size. On top of this base a 2nd set of studs was added to create the final shape of the wall. Since there are no straight lines along the roofline this makes construction easier, and cheaper.

先に書いた事で、木材プレカット間柱と柱は同じ高さで作りました。そのベースの上に間柱が置いてすると完成な斜めの屋根を作りました。これすると施工がシンプルと安くなりました。

↑↑ slope and stairwell. The opening here will be filled by a very large steel sash.

スロープと階段室。この開口部は大きいなスチールサッシュが入ります。

↑↑ roof.

if you look closely you can see how the roof over the stairway twists slightly as it drops down to the back of the site.

the neighbouring home under construction is also visible to the left. It is one story taller than our project, but luckily doesn’t block any light, and apart from its volume is relatively unobtrusive.

屋根。一心に見ると階段室の屋根が捩じっている事は見えます。右側の同時に作っている家も見えます。

↑↑ stairwell roof under construction.

階段室の屋根工事中

the basic framing is finished, apart for some of the studs and parts of the roof. The studs that are already assembled were precut, while the ones remaining have to be done on site. The steel plates in the roof all need to be sandwiched by wood on either side before the rest of the structure can be put together. The entire assembly was supposed to take about 2 days, but it looks like we will need one more to finish it off. Still, the final form is pretty easy to imagine now; the entire sequence of spaces feels wonderful to walk through, even in this primal state.

木材と鉄骨はもう少しで終わります。残りはスロープの壁と屋根だけです。屋根にあるの鉄プレートは両サイドに木材を付けて、ハイブリッド（混成的）の梁になります。

↑↑　from living to the stairs.　リビングから階段側へ。

↑↑　from stairs towards the kitchen. 階段踊り場から台所へ。

↑↑　the stairwell. 階段室

↑↑　joint detail.

the sloped roof shape will be created by building on top of the basic structure. The beams and columns are otherwise all cut straight and simple, to reduce cost and time necessary on site. This will be easier to see once it is finished and I can take a photo to illustrate.

↑↑　the entire house, taken from the scaffolding of the neighbouring house. 住宅全部。

the tomigaya house is very nearly finished on the inside. with a few items left undone we went forward with the snagging today and owners will move in shortly. things will be tightened up a bit still, but these photos gove a pretty good idea of how it is going to come out.富ヶ谷ハウスお内部は９０％終わりましたので、今日は 最後のチェックしました。まだも少しきれいになりますけど、この写真を見ると出来たもがほとんど見えます。

↑↑　bath, with curving floor tiles. the tap for the tub is still remaining, but will be in the same style as the shower/tap combo to the left. there is also a long mirror that will go in above the tiled shelf, across the length of the room.

お風呂の水栓と鏡が残っています。タイルはかなりきれいに出来て良かったです。

↑↑　the one large item remaining here is the glass door, which will be hinged at the top and bottom, about 100mm from the wall so that it can open without problems in spite of the rounded floor.

ここには、硝子扉はまだ残っています。床が曲がっているですから扉の丁番は横の壁に付けるじゃなくて、上下にします。

↑↑　some details from the bathing room. the ceiling is made with wooden dowels that curve round the corners at the same diameter as the floor.

浴室の詳細。天井は木材棒で作りました。

↑↑　the sink is in a small alcove before the bath room, and finished with the same mozaic tiles. The mirror/cabinet hides lighting to the sides and below.

洗面所

↑↑　with the flooring visible and the painting completed the living are is looking quite fine. the floor is walnut. the exterior louvers are half finished, but are coming along quite nicely.

リビング・ダイニングの床（クルミ）が見えると大分きれいな感じをします。外のルーバーは手すりとして使いますから早めに終了したいと思いますが。。。上手く行けば、あと三日間で終わり。。。楽しみしています。

↑↑　exterior underway.　外部は進んでいます。