House in UMEJIMA

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi

HOUSE IN UMEJIMA 

I.R.A.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nao Takahashi

AREA
82 m²

MANUFACTURERS
Vectorworks, Casco Company Limited, LIXIL , Runon

GARDEN DESIGN
Grefica

CONSTRUCTION
Tanzawa koumuten Company Limited

STRUCTUAL ENGINEER
Nobuyuki Morinaga

CATEGORY
HOUSES

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
SHINJUKU CITY, JAPAN

Text description provided by architect.

The site is long and narrow corner lot sandwiched between a relatively heavy traffic and a small management passage separated by pedestrians.

We propose an architecture that opens to the town through this passage, which is overgrown with greenery and is used as a sidewalk for residents.

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi

Since it was necessary to make it at low cost, it was proposed to reduce the soaring fire prevention sash.

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi

If you secure a sufficient building volume and set back along the fire spread line, the surplus space on the hypotenuse will remain on the aisle side, and inevitably there will be a roof as a semi-outdoor area, and it will become a garage or a bicycle parking lot.

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi

By making the form of architecture the character "key shape", we will create various places inside and outside. Windows with different sizes, functions, and arrangements are installed for each place, and light reaches the living room from the skylight.

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi

With the shape of the key, windows and surplus space are connected to the passage, and it is hoped that the public and private will be mixed and the architecture will permeate the city.

House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi


House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi
House in UMEJIMA
© Nao Takahashi


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