Article source: Norisada Maeda

This is a collective house for eight families, whose peculiarity being its depth-wise length (18m par household). There are three approaches derived from this length.Long and curved walls make the air in this house so ambiguous and amorphous. In addition color of white on floors, walls and ceilings is useful for this image.

Image Courtesy © N Maeda Atelier

•  Architects: N Maeda Atelier
•  Project: Circus & Circus
•  Location: Ushiku Ibaraki, Japan
•  Site area: 411.40ｍ2
•  Total floor area: 974.25m2
•  Function: Collecive housing
•  Structural system: Reinforced concrete 4F
•  Finish of construction: October of 2004

 Major materials

•  Exterior:  scraching pattern finished plastering material
•  Interior:  scraching pattern finished plastering materia