Tokyo design week: Japanese architects Torafu presented images of a house they have designed for Yokohama at the Pecha Kucha x Design Tide event last week.
Torafu consists of Koichi Suzono and Shinya Kamuro.
No text available in English unfortunately.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
They appear to have taken the diagonal as a starting point rather than the upright – so it’s open plan but with clearly marked out ‘zones’ which makes it a quite appealing design
November 8th, 2007 at 3:44 am
Agreed. I too find it an appealing method of zoning.
Though I wonder how appealing it would be to the heads of small children, and subsequently a family’s insurance bill?
November 8th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Not a very efficient use of space. The conventional boxes around it contain much more living room.
November 9th, 2007 at 4:21 am
the roof’s gonna collect rainwater.. and prolly will leak, prepare to be sued i say
November 14th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
what it say?
November 15th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
m…we are in the 21st century..there are tons of ways to solve that problem…look at Casa da Musica in Oporto…
June 17th, 2009 at 11:21 am
stranger
June 18th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
come on ppl its not about a water collection problem at this kind of hose. its about an expresion. its very mature!
November 26th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
the inward roof can be very efficient for collecting water other than thought of as protecting the user from the rain.