How will housing change as societal aging accelerates" This time our clients are a couple of retired husband and wife in their 60s. We planned a small house with a square roof for them, considering "the aging society" and "the way of housing" in the future.

Courtesy of Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Architects: Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Location: Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Area: 97.37 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Courtesy of Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Structure Company: Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio

Construction Company: Marucho home Ltd.

Site Area: 238.54 sqm
Built Area: 76.38 sqm

Courtesy of Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

How will housing change as societal aging accelerates" This time our clients are a couple of retired husband and wife in their 60s. We planned a small house with a square roof for them, considering "the aging society" and "the way of housing" in the future.

Courtesy of Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

The site is a newly-acquired lot conveniently located in a quiet residential area. The clients requested that we not just build a house but that we make a new place where we can interact with our neighbors and that we make a residence where they would be abl...