Daisuke Motogi Architecture has completed an apartment renovation in Tokyo that features a bathroom and office wrapped in fabric walls with pockets for storing clutter.

Located in the quiet residential district of Naka-Meguro in Tokyo, the small 43.82 square-metre apartment was refurbished on a very tight budget.
Although the architects originally wanted to change the layout to follow the typical format of a Japanese apartment ? where the kitchen and bathroom are located on the north side facing the common corridor ? budget restrictions meant they had to work with the existing plan.

A bedroom located on the north side faces the common corridor, the kitchen and bathroom are located in the middle, and a living room sits to the south.
Surfaces, such as the concrete beams and plywood walls are left unfinished and exposed. Even the switch and socket covers are made from clear acrylic, so as to reveal the wires and fixings in the wall.
To free the apartment of its clutter, Daisuke Motogi Architecture created a dedicated indigo fabric storage wall that wraps a timber structure in the centre of the apartment. A bathroom and a small desk space can be found inside the fabric-wrapped structure. Objects can be stored
A bathroom and a small desk space can be found inside the fabric-wrapped structure. Objects can be stored in the walls inside a series of pockets secured by white zips and poppers.

"The pockets are not completely functional as storage," said Daisuke Motogi, &...