Article source: Kiyotoshi Mori & Natsuko Kawamura / MDS 

The small site is located in a typical Tokyo urban residential area, where houses are closely built up. A pursuit of internal spaces in this house, as a result, changes the Tokyo cityscape a little.

Image Courtesy © Forward Stroke inc.

• Architects: Kiyotoshi Mori & Natsuko Kawamura / MDS
• Project: Shirokane House
• Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
• Photography: Forward Stroke inc.
• Date of Completion: 2013
• Principal Use: Residence
• Structure: RC
• Site Area: 64.49m2
• Total Floor Area: 101.63 m2 (31.02 m2/1F,35.84m2/2F, 34.37 m2/B1F)

Material Information

• Exterior Finish: cedar forms exposed concrete
• Roof: exposed concrete
• Floor: walnut flooring
• Wall: plasterer / cedar forms exposed concrete
• Ceiling: acrylic emulsion paint + plaster board