Take a Peek at Japan’s Low-Budget Homes Designed Like an Animal’s Nest

Even small and simple houses can look great! Japan's low-budget homes called MYZ Nest inspired by animal nests are gaining prominence in architecture design. The houses made by Japanese architectural firm no.555 features a design that resembles the home of a bird or an animal's home.

Japan's low-budget homes are located beside Matsumoto's rice field. As Yahoo Real Estate reports, the rectangular homes are low to the ground and are partly constructed into the soil to mimic the feeling of burrow just like the rabbits. The style boasts a tunnel effect, with the soil surrounding one side providing added insulation. It also resembles a rabbit's warren.

Architect Takuya Tsuchida wanted to "capture the feeling of the surrounding natural environment by designing a house that copies some of the characteristics of a bird or animal's home." Tsuchida added, "By taking inspiration from nature and following a strict building logic, I was able to recreate elements of nature in an abstract manner."

Inside Japan's low-cost homes, the walls are covered with cement-bonded wood chip boards and other materials. The texture of the wood chips look like the dense twigs of a bird's nest. There is no division inside so that residents can design it according to their needs. Dezeen reports that a large floor-to-ceiling glass wall was installed so residents can have a connection to the natural environment.

"My initial instinct was to build a structure that captured the feeling of the surrounding natural environment," the architect said, according to Dornob. "Architecture being an artificial construct made this a challenge. Rather than simply imitating forms found in nature I tried to create an abstract representation that still imparts a feeling of nature."

MYZ Nest is a single family house that was built only for a period of three months. One unique characteristic of the nest-like home is that it has no discrete rooms. Architect Tsuchida claimed that his challenge is to invite residents to place furniture to define the interior and secure its privacy.