Article source: Akinari Tanaka+POI+Nawakenji-M+Lapin

This is the project that the client returned to the birthplace after the retirement and rebuilt an old house. He requested sunny one-storied house with good ventilation. But there was a problem that an erstwhile quiet green residential area was changed into densely built-up area, and moreover neighbor’s concrete block wall surrounded his flagpole shape site. And there was a sense of being oppressed.

Overview (Images Courtesy Kei Sugimoto)

• Architects: Akinari Tanaka+POI+Nawakenji-M+Lapin
• Name of Project: Kokura Tanaka House
• Location: Kokura, Japan
• Project area: 67 sqm
• Site area: 247 sqm
• Project year: 2009-2010
• Photographs: Kei Sugimoto

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