Toda House: Japanese Home Perched on Stilts Has an Awesome View of Hiroshima

The Toda House is an unconventional residence perched high on stilts overlooking Hiroshima in Japan (which is also home to such avant garde architecture as <a href="http://inhabitat.com/super-skinny-horinouchi-house-reaches-the-pinnacle-of-space-management-in-japan/">super skinny houses</a>, houses with climbing walls inside and homes shaped like pie). Tasked with ensuring that his client would have a view over the neighbor's roof, <a href="http://cargocollective.com/ookd#2207832/-Toda-House">Kimihiko Okada</a> lifted this multi-level platform home right up off the ground and stacked it on sturdy angular poles - giving the home the ultimate tiny footprint. Learn more after the jump and be sure to take a peek at <a href="http://www.nacasa.co.jp/">Toshiyuki Yano's</a> beautiful images of this incredible home.

Kimihiko Okada's client wanted a home that would be able to see over the neighbor's roof

So the Japanese designer lifted it right off the ground

Consisting of a continuous wraparound platform, the home was then stacked on sturdy angular stilts

The lift combined with wraparound glass ensures awesome views of Hirisohima

The insulated glass also provides daylighting

A large courtyard stands in the center of the home

This is covered in green and promotes circulation

The entire project rests against a lush hill

Nature is near and close but the residents are also protected from it

The interior is so well lit

And the home's interior is modestly furnished in true minimalist Japanese style

Unbelievably, this home has only 374 square meters of floor space, which is ample when framed in this way!