Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC

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  • Architects: SPEAC
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1080
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Masao Nishikawa

Text description provided by the architects. This collective house is located in Kagurazaka area where is one of the most popular area in Tokyo still keeping Japanese traditional atmosphere. This atmosphere is gradually destroyed day by day. To make positive approach to this problem, we thought to extend the atmosphere into this architecture. We analyzed the element of this atmosphere and edited them in this architecture.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Windows, Facade
© Masao Nishikawa

Green is the most important element. In this area, ups and downs are big. We can find a lot of green on the upper and lower sides.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Windows, Facade
© Masao Nishikawa

Small passes also make a strong character. They are sometimes cranked and we can’t get a view straightly. So we are very stirred our imagination and imagine the next scene. We call a phenomenon of the space like this “OKU” in Japanese.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Glass, Handrail
© Masao Nishikawa

Besides these elements we picked up colors, materials, lights and so on.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Windows, Handrail
© Masao Nishikawa

And we translated them into the vocabulary of contemporary architecture. As to green, plants are placed 3 dimensionally not only on the ground but also upper und underground floors.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Countertop, Sink
© Masao Nishikawa

The corridors on the 2nd and 3rd floor are cranked like small passes in this area and after turning the corner with feeling of OKU we find green. And we also applied a concept of OKU to the interior. The openings were made between the walls and ceilings. We can feel the atmosphere of the next space over the wall.

Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC - Image 17 of 25
© Masao Nishikawa

The volume of this building was divided into small and middle scale by using some finishes that we selected from this area.

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© Masao Nishikawa

In this way, this collective housing makes a new scene in this area getting acclimatized existing environment.

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Cite: "Tokyo Kagurazaka Residence / SPEAC" 02 Sep 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/75749/tokyo-kagurazaka-residence-speac> ISSN 0719-8884

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