Futabasou Apartments, Shinagawa City Housing, Tokyo, Japanese Modern Architecture, Japan, Photos
Futabasou Apartments in Tokyo
9 Jun 2022
Design: Masashi Miyamoto Architects/mmar
Location: Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Photos: Yoshihiro Koitani and Yasuhiro Hamasaki
Futabasou Apartments, Japan
Futabasou Apartments is a housing complex consisting of six units located in downtown Tokyo, it is in the heart of a quiet residential area with a local shrine and shopping district, as well as many permanent residents.

This housing project aims to provide a space for ?Live and Work? that can accommodate one or two people, couples, siblings, or friends, as well as those who need a home and office, and who need a place to live and work. We created this space by considering what a comfortable space is for the residents, and at the same time, what a comfortable space that is familiar to the local area.
In recent years, many apartment complexes have been forced to live the same conventional life, with few options for local characteristics and residents. The aim was to create a flexible space where residents would be able to choose a base for themselves, rather than a residence where they could just go home and sleep.

The volume of futabasou is arranged in such a way that it resembles a pile of clay or soft ?yokan? slices, one on top of the other, to eliminate the brutal-looking concrete and to harmonise with the neighboring houses and the surrounding area. While the materials and tex...