In a quaint neighborhood in ibaraki prefecture, overlooking a green field of sweet potatoes, is the 'sliding door house' for a couple and their children. the architects, naoi architecture and design office, designed the home around a double-height living room on the first floor that contains a very large sliding glass door connecting the interior with the yard and community path that brings neighbors and visitors and provides a varied social life. the upstairs contains the private bedrooms, cantilevering slightly into the garden to bring the owners closer to the rural landscape as the mass shades the social functions below. appliances and lighting were kept to a minimum to reduce resources, relying more on orientation for lighting and temperature regulation.