miike

Tomi, Nagano, Japan, 2021

New but familiar: merging into the rural scenery "miike" is a conversion project for a hairstylist couple who returned to their hometo...

Hatsuse Mita

Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 2019

A big house An owner-occupied rental apartment building typically has its owner's penthouse above the rental units. Hatsuse Mita is al...

Biotope along the By-pass

Nisshin, Aichi, Japan, 2019

Biotope The house sits on a subdivided plot in the new residential area of the newly finished land rezoning project in front of the Ko...

Three-tiered Platforms

Nisshin, Aichi, Japan, 2017

Tiered Foundation Perched on A Slope The site is located on the hillside of a small mountain overlooking the city. It is bound by two ...

Plain Wood Base Clinic

Toyota, Aichi, Japan, 2016

Create a space in-between with plain wood It is a small clinic along the large national highway of Toyota city with the scenery of so-...

Annex of Annex

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Living in the micro-morphology of a city "The site" of this project is a garage at the corner of a 35-year-old residence with a clinic...

Passage of Landscape

Toyota, Aichi, Japan, 2014

This is a house for the family of three. 3 gate-shaped frames which compose wall, floor and ceiling are layered in tiers by 650mm for ...