Ring by Apollo Architects & Associates
Slideshow: the walls of this house in Tokyo by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates stretch outwards around a secret balcony.
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Projecting several metres in front of the two-storey house, the extended walls are supported by narrow columns and define the boundaries of a front entrance courtyard.
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Narrow vertical windows frame the front door, which leads in towards bedrooms and bathrooms on the ground floor.
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A cantilevered staircase with tapered treads leads up though the centre of the house to a living and dining room that occupies the entire top floor.
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Apollo Architects & Associates have designed a number of interesting houses over the last few years - see a selection of them here.
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Photography is by Masao Nishikawa.
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More information from the architects is provided below:
RING
This project started with the plot which locates at a tranquil residential area in west Tokyo. The client is a high school teacher and his wife.
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The first floor with slit windows lays a kids room, a main bedroom and a water area while the 2nd floor resolutely sets a family room with a large opening.
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Taking the privacy into consideration, we adopted a court house with entrance attached and the wall encloses the south opening.
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To answer to the coverage ratio, we set a grating balcony which functions as a gentle connection of the 1st and 2nd floor and as a stand to appreciate the view of the symbolized tree.
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Making maximum use of the compact plot, the masters cherished modern furniture create lively and dynamic space which cannot be imagined from the outside.
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Credit Information
Architecture: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
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Project Outline
Location: Kitayamacho Fuchu city Tokyo
Date of Completion: March 2012
Principal Use: Private House
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Structure: RC
Site Area: 104.36m2
Total Floor Area: 88.98m2 (40.99m2/1F, 40.99m2/2F)
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Structural Engineer : Kenta Masaki
Mechanical Engineer : Zenei Shimada
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Material Information
Exterior Finish: Lath Mortar
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Floor: Walnut Flooring & Tile/1F, Walnut Flooring & Tile/2F
Wall: Wall paper
Ceiling: Wall paper
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