We designed a house in the suburban area of North Kanto. It is a house for a young couple with two small children. As we designed this house, we realized that there is a common question that we are all (including myself) confronted with when living in a contemporary society. 

© Kenta Hasegawa

Architects: Tetsuo Yamaji Architects

Location: Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Area: 208.27 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Kenta Hasegawa

© Kenta Hasegawa

From the architect. We designed a house in the suburban area of North Kanto. It is a house for a young couple with two small children. As we designed this house, we realized that there is a common question that we are all (including myself) confronted with when living in a contemporary society. 
© Kenta Hasegawa

Family structures, household incomes, working styles, hobbies, tastes, weather and climate are all different for different families. Most of us want to be ?special? in some way and have a unique lifestyle. At the same time, we all want to be like everyone else, and be average. These thoughts seem conflicting, but it is actually quite natural to feel this way and is considered to be normal consumer psychology: we all want high quality products, but at a cheap price. 

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Therefore, ?mass-production = prefabrication? ...