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｜DATA

Design: Hirotaka Sato, Kosuke Kajikawa
Site: Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Structure: Wooden partly reinforced concrete
Use: Private residence
Site area: 93.33㎡
Building area: 46.32㎡
Total floor area: 110.59㎡
Completion: 2005.03
Structural design: Alpha Structural Design Office Construction: Homma Construction
Photo: Hirotaka Sato

｜CONCEPT

This house consists of two rectangular parallelepiped volumes in white and black. The white volume is two floors above ground, and the black volume is semi-underground + two floors above ground. Since the height of each floor is different, each floor has a skip floor, and the floor structure is ambiguous to give continuity to the space. From the semi-underground space to the rooftop, a complex space is developed even though it is a simple plane.