Article source: DOG

This project is a small atelier-style house (87.23㎡) that will be built along the Tokaido Road that Hiroshige has walked and drawn. And this house is home to three generations of painter, his wife, infant and husband’s mother. The design began with the idea of transmitting a large exhibition wall for decorating his work to the city with a maximum length on the diagonal of the site, and decided to separate the living area from the atelier with the exhibition wall. The theme is to open an atelier in Ninomiya-cho, located between Oiso (8th post town) and Odawara (9th post town), and to have the owner spin the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido.

Image Courtesy © Satoshi Takae + Shinkenchiku

• Architects: DOG
• Project: 8.5 House
• Location: Ninomiya, Japan
• Photography: Satoshi Takae + Shinkenchiku
• Lead architect: Ryutaro Saito + Shun Ide*Nikken housing system
• Structure/Number of Floors: W/2F
• Area: 123.31sqm
• Building area: 55.95sqm
• Total floor area: 87.23sqm
• Structural engineer: Yasuhiro Kaneda / yasuhirokaneda STRUCTURE

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