An Urban Slit That Is Taken Into The House

Tokyo, Japan
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Photo © Koichi Torimura
Architects
Osamu Nishida / ondesign partners
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Year
2012

A site of only 9 tsubo (3,600 sq.m.) in frontage and 8,300 sq.m. in depth in the densely built-up wooden houses of Nezu, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. The gap between houses that we usually overlook without thinking. In this small urban exterior space, we will discover how to use it as a living environment, which compact urban housing cannot provide.

Contact: Tsukasa Nishida + Naoko Mantama

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