Article source: atelier HAKO architects

The site is a narrow L shaped site that is located on Tokyo’s typical dwelling environment would be surrounded by the buildings around.

The client maked a request good balance of privacy and openness to us.

We created internal areas and terraces on skip floors, and linked these areas in a loop around the central void, while concealing from surrounding neighbors by the wall that is along site boundary.

House at Akatsuka, photo © shinsuke kera/urban arts

• Architects: atelier HAKO architects
• Project: House at Akatsuka
• Location: Itabashi ward, Tokyo
• Photography: shinsuke kera/urban arts,  atelier HAKO architects
• Architect: Yukinobu Nanashima + Tomomi sano
• Structural engineer: Shin’itsu hiraoka, hiraoka structural engineers
• Constructor: Sanyo-jutaku
• Completion: may 2012
• Primary usage: Private residence
• Structure: wooden construction, two stories above ground
• Clients: couple with two children
• Site area: 84.57 m2
• Building area: 44.82 m2
• Total floor space: 77.51 m2