A House photo Jan Bitter

A’ House in Tokyo

This compact private residence is nestled within the dense expanse of Tokyo, in Nishi-Azabu—a neighborhood characterized by narrow streets and traditional low-rise houses—which borders a park heavily visited during the spring, when the city’s cherry trees begin to bloom.

 

Its 136-square-meter area consists of five horizontally divided spaces, each connected by a minuscule sculptural spiraling staircase that, given the footprint of the house, allowing for loft-like spaces within its intimate confines. Oversized windows punctuate the house, each with two layers of glazing; one is transparent and one is of the same relief glass that wraps the façade. These oversized windows, with their dual layers of glazing, can be countlessly reconfigured, to regulate the interior flow of daylight.

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House –photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

A House photo Jan Bitter

Photography Jan Bitter

Project team
Wiel Arets, Satoru Umehara, Alex Kunnen

Collaborators
Jörg Lüthke, Jean-Jacques Jungers, Sadamu Shirafuji, Ilze Paklone

Client
Arets-Sijstermans

For more info visit : www.wielaretsarchitects.com




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