Here’s another project from Schemata Architecture Office, this time a house built at 63.02° to the road.
The house in Nakana, Tokyo, was completed in December and has a floor space of 71.4 m2
Photographs are by Takumi Oota. See our earlier story on Sayama Flats by Schemata Architecture Office.
Here’s some text from Schemata Architecture Office:
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63.02°is built on a built up area in Tokyo. This small building is used as SOHO and an apartment for rent.
This building is cut on the axis line inclined to a front road by 63.02°. The window in this building concentrates there. You can see the intersection by seeing the outside through the windows.
In front a splendid cherry blossoms tree stands. It is only fine sight in this building that is acquired in the center.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
exquisite, and oh so japanese.
February 13th, 2008 at 3:34 pmMethinks I really should move to Japan.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:00 pmIrregularity of angles, floor space, interior finishes and austere lack of any colour palette is this design. The truly commercial finish could be the only match for the utilitarian practicalities of its fixtures. Tonal shades of concrete heighten the effectiveness of the design, its unavoidable focus on straight lines and edges. The abstract, clever utilisation of a minimal footprint needs no other additions. The abundance of natural light through clinically inserted voids of glass is a sheer marvel, allowing pinpoint contrasts to the interior. This building is equally gallery and exhibition.
February 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pmarchitecture but with a capital A!!
February 13th, 2008 at 7:32 pmfantastic.
the ward it is located in should read “nakano”
February 13th, 2008 at 8:27 pmSpooky - I had exactly the same thought as Daniel Brown
February 13th, 2008 at 10:50 pmas always, thanks for publishing this. but why show a house that is ALL about a specific geometric degree in plan..and not show the plan?!
February 13th, 2008 at 11:03 pmFrom the back it looks like a flat screen TV!
It’s truly incredible what these Japanese practices are doing on ridiculously miniscule plots.
February 13th, 2008 at 11:23 pmlooks intriguing, but that’s as far as it goes - how about a plan?
February 13th, 2008 at 11:25 pmThe austerity begs the question: “could you live in it?” I think not. A nice portfolio piece to be admired by equally minded architects and designers, but not practical in any way. A mixture of (probably) single-pane glass with concrete floors, walls and ceiling make for a frigid experience in Tokyo’s winter. I know, I live here already.
February 14th, 2008 at 12:16 amMuy buena obra, pero no para todos… Pero su arquitectura es impactante honestamente.
February 14th, 2008 at 12:18 amI think I’m with themark here - it’s impressive, particularily on such a small plot of land, and there is an abundance of natural light, which is always a plus but my initial, gut instinct about it as somewhere to live is it’s small, cold and not particularily inviting. Great design though, definitely architecture with a capital A as Austin said.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:38 amLuving this already!! This building shows you can make beautiful architecture with just being simple and honest!!
February 14th, 2008 at 12:07 pmIf it has a bathroom I could live there with my ipod and a microwave owen.
February 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pmInnovative, utilitarian….. desperately in need of plants and life!
February 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pmIt’s beautiful & useful. There is no problem to live in.
我也喜歡住日本阿！！
February 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pmnice that they showed the ugly ass backside too. not to many published works acknowledge that the pretty magazine ready front needs a part that it ready to work. sorry for the neighbors on that side.
February 15th, 2008 at 6:11 amit’s brilllant
February 15th, 2008 at 7:40 amGreat house, but…desperate individualism: POOR URBAN PLANNING: This seems to be a free standing house, but it would be much better to do a townhouse/rowhouse of even a collective housing on such dens areas. It would have probably more qualities what garden/green conserns. The biggest advantage of the free standing house is killed by town planners: the garden. But the design is a good answer to a bad question.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:00 amjust like Architecture Nowadays said, imagine if we could all live with just a bathroom, an ipod and a microwave owen… the house would be perfect… unfortunatelly, not all of us can, so…
February 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pmDoes that degree make any sense?
February 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pmwhere the hell do you sleep in this house?
February 16th, 2008 at 2:58 pmPractical as a fur lined coffee cup. Poor use of of the lot and remarkably unfriendly to the neighbors. Living in it would be like residing in a cross between a shop window and a prison cell with none of the advantages of either. Nice piece of art though.
February 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pmThe first question that should be asked, is can you live in it? The first picture gave me claustraphobia. Blah, blah, blah, beautiful lines, blah
February 18th, 2008 at 12:16 aminserted glass blah blah blah. This says NOTHING to me until I see the inside. That being said, I agree with MZ about the garden.
Shame the lighting wasn’t more integrated
February 18th, 2008 at 6:10 amToo much spill light from the outside
Brave move for a speculative apartment - Just wait for the chintzy curtains to go up…
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 amnice. very nice.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pmI had a number of reactions:
February 19th, 2008 at 5:54 am1)the proportions reminded me of my first barbie house- which was esentially a bookshelf with furniture painted onto the walls.
2)does it go together with an alan wrench like the swedish furnishings that it resembles?
3)once I get past the temptation to cover it with refrigerator magnets, it is actually quite striking.
Any merit this house has is overshadowed by the horrifying impact it has on the neighboring apartments and the street landscape in general. If I lived in that house, I would always feel like a guy with a huge hat in a movie theater. Everyone behind me trying to watch the movie and hating me because my stupid hat is as huge as my ego!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmWauw! The most fascinating house I’ve come across in a long whil. Respect!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pmIt’s so amazing to see that the shape of a house still has so many posibilities other than a box…..
February 21st, 2008 at 7:59 pmnice “house” on such a small place. but the costs for AC and heating will be high, because of the windows and concrete. you have to think this way too, to be a good architect. but i like it.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pmwow nice idea but i don’t like interior
April 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pmit needs curtains and life. All the morons with their ‘architecture with a capital ‘A’’s are forgetting its only a monument to ego until its occupied. This is graphically crisp and elegant but is a car showroom, not a house. judging from these photographs anyway.
April 27th, 2008 at 11:50 amUnfortunately, I have to agree with Raul.
On further inspection I can no longer see beyond the terrible lack of respect for the neighbors as a result of the way the house is situated on the site. To clumsily place all the services on the rear as an unconsidered after thought just adds insult to injury. This is a shame as the front elevation and the internal spaces have a serenity which I love.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pmAustere It would take a special type of person to live here. Disciplined. Focused. But it would be inspiring for the right person.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:45 pm