House in Kokubunji by Suppose Design Office
Slideshow: overlapping openings in the walls and ceilings of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office create dozens of views between rooms.


Contained within a rectangular wooden volume, the family house accommodates rooms for living and sleeping on its two main floors, plus an open-plan loft accessed by ladders.


Some rooms on the ground floor are set at a lower level than the corridors, while the attic storage areas are raised up slightly higher than the surrounding floor.


Narrow handrails screen balconies on the upper two floors, so residents have to be careful not to slip over the edges.


Other popular houses by Suppose Design Office include one where interior walls don't touch the floor - see more projects by the architects here.


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Here's a few key details from the architects:
House in Kokubunji
Location: Kokubunji city,Tokyo,Japan


Principal use: personal house


Site area: 109.11sqm


Building area: 62.53sqm


Total floor area: 119.21sqm ( 1F:62.53sqm 2F:56.68sqm )


Completion: September. 2011


Design period: November.2009-December.2010


Construction period: December.2010-September. 2011


Structure: Wood


Storeys: 2


Client: a couple and two children


Project architect: Makoto Tanijiri [suppose design office]+ Hiroshi Ohno [Ohno JAPAN]


Project team: Makoto Tanijiri [suppose design office]+ Hiroshi Ohno [Ohno JAPAN], in-charge;Keisuke Katayama


Ground floor plan


First floor plan


Second floor plan


Cross section