Surrounding Environment.

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Architects: K+S Architects

Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Architects In Charge: Aya Sato, Nobuya Kashima

Area: 155.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Hiroshi Ueda

Structure Engineer: Ken Nagasaka

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: EOS plus, YMO

General Contractor: Watanabe Kensetsu

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From the architect. Surrounding Environment. The house is near the station, is located at the boundary of the shopping district and residential area. Although the shopping district is lined with many medium-rise buildings, there are low-rise houses under the height limit by sun shadow regulation and slanting line regulation in the residential area. Since visibility from the trains running on the elevated railway and from the medium-rise apartments in the different-use area near by, it is difficult to secure privacy. We needed to ensure a comfortable spacious living space while regarding privacy of the family.
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Three Courts and a Large Terrace. Court 1 is for the access to the terrace with a pool. This court planted the symbolic tree makes clam and reflexing area in the city. The large camphor tree planted in the center of the courtfunctions as a buffer zone for the town, and also enric...