House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A.

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Shinjuku City, Japan
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House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. The site is long and narrow corner lot sandwiched between a relatively heavy traffic and a small management passage separated by pedestrians. We propose an architecture that opens to the town through this passage, which is overgrown with greenery and is used as a sidewalk for residents.

House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Exterior Photography
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House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Shelving, Countertop, Chair
© Nao Takahashi

Since it was necessary to make it at low cost, it was proposed to reduce the soaring fire prevention sash. If you secure a sufficient building volume and set back along the fire spread line, the surplus space on the hypotenuse will remain on the aisle side, and inevitably there will be a roof as a semi-outdoor area, and it will become a garage or a bicycle parking lot.

House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Interior Photography
© Nao Takahashi

By making the form of architecture the character "key shape", we will create various places inside and outside. Windows with different sizes, functions, and arrangements are installed for each place, and light reaches the living room from the skylight.

House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Countertop, Chair
© Nao Takahashi
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House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Interior Photography, Windows, Stairs
© Nao Takahashi

With the shape of the key, windows and surplus space are connected to the passage, and it is hoped that the public and private will be mixed and the architecture will permeate the city.

House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A. - Interior Photography, Stairs, Windows, Facade
© Nao Takahashi

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Cite: "House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A." 28 Oct 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/950281/house-in-umejima-ira> ISSN 0719-8884

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