29 Skylights Inundate Minimalist Japanese Home with Beautiful Light

A bit boring on the outside and characteristically minimalist inside, this stunning home in Japan nonetheless gets huge brownie points for having no fewer than 29 skylights! Since the double storey building's solid metal cladding blocks out any possibility of light penetrating the family's interior living space, the designers looked to the sky to provide natural light instead. <a href="http://www.hosakatakeshi.com/">Takeshi Hosaka</a> created a system of acrylic panels that appear to sag just below the roof; these not only hold and distribute natural light, but also control the home's microclimate.

The Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka is in a hum drum neighborhood

It has a solid metal exterior

With no access to the light

Hosaka fixed that by giving the house no fewer than 29 skylights

The skylights absolutely inundate the home with light

A system of acrylic panels control how the light is distributed

Foliage has been added in no doubt purposeful but strange locations

The panels also control hot air

A gap between the panels and roof create a vacuum

Looking to the sky!

During the summer, hot air is expelled from the top

In the winter, hot air is collected, keeping the house nice and warm.