be fun design: skeleton house

<p>the skeletal framework of this two-storey apartment complex is made from a minimal concrete structure and its internal levels are interconnected with ladders.</p>

lauren grieco August 23, 2012 1 min

‘skeleton house’ by be-fun design, yokosuka, kanagawa, japan image © hiroyuki hirai all images courtesy of be-fun design

japanese firm be-fun design have recently completed ‘skeleton house’, a residential block with side-by-side units in yokosuka, kanagawa, japan. the skeletal framework of this two-storey apartment complex is made a from minimal concrete structure and its internal levels are interconnected with ladders. a firewall flanked with stairways separates the two main building volumes.

be fun design: skeleton house - 1 images © hiroyuki hirain

be fun design: skeleton house - 2 image © hiroyuki hirain

be fun design: skeleton house - 3 image © hiroyuki hirain

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be fun design: skeleton house - 5 images © hiroyuki hirain

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be fun design: skeleton house - 7 images © hiroyuki hirain

be fun design: skeleton house - 8 images © hiroyuki hirain

be fun design: skeleton house - 9 images © hiroyuki hirain

be fun design: skeleton house - 10 images © hiroyuki hirain

project info:

architects: tsuyoshi shindo/be-fun design + eana kenji nawa/nawakenji-m architects: tsuyoshi shindo / be-fun design + kohei iwasaki, tota abe /eana structural design: kenji nawa /nawakenji-m construction: heiseikensetu lot surface: 201.64 sqm building surface: 137.60 sqm total floor surface: 287.42 sqm structural material: rc location: yokosuka, kanagawa photographer: hiroyuki hirai