The context:Japan, a different mindset

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Architects: Javier Mariscal, Lara Pe?rez-Porro · Office Profile

Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Area: 174.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Tatsumi Planning Co. · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. The context:Japan, a different mindsetThis house, now built up in Yokohama, will never be occupied by a young couple with or without kids, a retired husband and wife or a business woman with a tight schedule and a big wardrobe. This is a prototype house built by a Japanese real state agency to showcase a new concept design within its catalogue for potential clients.
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May sound weird in an occidental culture but it?s a very common practice in Japan where those who dream about living in a detached house with garage and backyard provide their own plot and get in contact with the agency that better matches its expectancies. AS a consequence the process of buying a house becomes something similar to buying just a product, associated to standard solutions but with the possibility to adjust the original concept design to your own needs.

Ground Floor Plan

This mindset will affect the process in all its stages, from the architectonic project or the making of the p...