Minimalist House in Mitaka by HIDETAKA SHIRAKO ARCHITECTS + OUVI

This is a two-family house, in which a couple and their elderly mother in a wheelchair live, located in the residential area a little far from Mitaka station. The outward appearance of this house is the low eaves, and a bulky one-storied house, whose gable roof stretched upward, as it is drawn by a tall apartment standing next to the house. Each room is independent but also connects to all directions by putting doors on one side closing to another room, and putting windows on the side closing outside. It is a moment that a diagram of one-room which divided in equall space , this shift to expanded space that can be seen various scenes of life.










Credits:
Project name : House in Mitaka
Architect : HIDETAKA SHIRAKO ARCHITECTS + OUVI
General contractor : Takahashi Kentiku
Location : Tokyo, Japan
Site area : 296.13m2
Built area : 92.74m2
Total floor area : 109.99m2
Structural system : timber
Construction : 2008
Photo: Hiroshi Ueda