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a house divided into four by hiroki tanabe

in 2008 japanese architect hiroki tanabe developed a small café house of 62 sqm -
a two-story complex which has an elongated U shape. on the first floor there is a kitchen
and the café doubling as living room. the second floor houses a bedroom and bathroom.


south side


north side


bird's eye view


bedroom


kitchen


corridor / hallway


living terrace


plan
andrea db
11.18.09  
5
cool
desugner   11.19.09
Love this concept, it's like four elements: a floor on the ground and one in the air; an outside space on the ground and one in the air. I think the design could be improved by opening the barriers between the four spaces more.
Anonymous   11.19.09
I think the presentation is lovely
modular   11.19.09
nice
gee   11.20.09
very very nice job! simplicity ....in the word! fantastic!
yo   11.22.09
hiroki tanabe (2 articles)

hiroki tanabe: O project
architecture | 11.19.09

the shapes of chamfered corners differ from the odd-numbered floors to the even-numbered floors.

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