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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Tama N in Tokyo, Japan by Sinato Inc.October 9th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Sinato Inc. This project is the renovation of a unit in a twenty-five year old apartment building for a married couple. We inserted a single wooden wall into the unit, which is already partitioned by the existing structural concrete walls. Passing from the entrance through the entire interior space, the wooden wall organizes a series of spaces along its length.  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota
 Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota While creating a weak spatial separation with the 35 mm wood wall, as opposed to the strong separation of the existing 200 mm reinforced concrete wall, we adjusted the way of connecting the different spaces through the placement of the openings along the wooden wall. Up to the point that we can no longer properly call them ‘rooms’, a series of spaces is created according to differences in size and brightness. Each space is endowed with a distinct character to suite a lifestyle in which the inhabitants can choose a space corresponding to their task or mood. As well, the entrance area, which was previously a small and dark space, is extended; its lowered floor stretched sideways connecting with the window in the adjacent living space to north side where it draws in light. One is able to see the foliage of the trees outside from the entrance area, allowing the entry space to not seem so separated from the exterior environment.  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota Chikara Ohno Registered architect of the first class Director of sinato Inc. Part time lecturer of Kyoto University of Art and Design Part time lecturer of Nippon Institute of Technology 1976 Born in Osaka, Japan 1999 Graduated from department of urban design, Kanazawa University 2006 Established sinato Inc. 2011 Part-time lecturer of Kyoto University of Art and Design 2015 Part time lecturer of Nippon Institute of Technology  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Takumi Ota  Image Courtesy © Sinato Inc.  Image Courtesy © Sinato Inc.
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