This is a renovation project of an apartment in downtown Tokyo.The client said unintentionally that they want to spend a brilliant time together nowhere else but in their house. Then I thought, ?Indeed?. I always find that houses around us are way too far from the reality of each family life and communities, and they all look alike. It seems as if there were no identity in family life, which is ridiculous.

© Takumi Ota

Architects: Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Area: 94.28 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Takumi Ota

Contractor: Double, Inoue Industries

© Takumi Ota

From the architect. This is a renovation project of an apartment in downtown Tokyo.The client said unintentionally that they want to spend a brilliant time together nowhere else but in their house. Then I thought, ?Indeed?. I always find that houses around us are way too far from the reality of each family life and communities, and they all look alike. It seems as if there were no identity in family life, which is ridiculous.
© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota

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