Article source: Naoko Ito

The site is a residential area near a station in Asaka City of Saitama Prefecture. It is elongated to the east and the west directions and has 4m roads on the west and east sides, a 2.5m road on the north side, and two-story wooden apartment on the south side.
Many two-story wooden buildings surround the site across the road. The site is the typical dense residential area.

Image Courtesy Naoomi Kurozumi

•   Architect: Jun’ichi Ito Architect & Associates
•   Project: Grove House
•   Location: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
•   Client: Jun Shichijo
•   Building Site: Asaka-shi Saitama Japan
•   Kind of the Project: new construction
•   Use: house
•   Number of Stories: 2stories
•   Design Team
  • Architect : Jun’ichi Ito(Design Principal), Naoko Ito / Jun’ichi Ito Architect & Associates
  • Structure Design: Jo Ko, Takuya Sasaki / JSD
•   Photographer: Naoomi Kurozumi
• Software used: AutoCAD

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