Naha City Gallery and Apartment House

Naha Fukotoshin, Japan
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
Photo © Shinito Sato
© Shinito Sato
Architects
1100 Architect
Location
Naha Fukotoshin, Japan
Year
2003

The Naha City Gallery and Apartment House includes a gallery, retail space, three full-floor apartments, and a subterranean parking garage. North and south facades sheathe the gallery, retail, and living areas with transparent glass and the bedrooms and baths in opaque glass. The two faces take advantage of Okinawa's temperate climate, allowing plenty of natural light into the interior. The floors, east and west walls are cast concrete – a durable and affordable material that is characteristic of the locale. The solid concrete facades are broken up by small deep windows that look into the stairwell on the east side and the apartment kitchens on the west, creating dramatic lighting effects.

Related Projects

  • Gebäudeadaptierungen Rathausbereich - Zwentendorf
    maul-architekten zt gmbh
  • FON - Housing and Kindergarten Fontanastrasse
    GERNER GERNER PLUS
  • GOLD - Housing Goldberg
    GERNER GERNER PLUS
  • BENE - Housing Benedikt
    GERNER GERNER PLUS
  • PUCH - Housing Puchsbaumgasse
    GERNER GERNER PLUS

Magazine

Other Projects by 1100 Architect

Kita Kindergarten
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
New York, USA
House on Ikema Island
Okinawa, Japan
House in Florida
Palm Beach, USA
Riverside Health Center
New York, USA