Japanese desgin studio Katsutoshi Sasaki and Associates built this unusually slim house on a three-metre-wide site. The narrow two-story house makes up for space by using almost the entire length of its 21-metre-long plot. The house is too skinny to incorporate corridors so instead the house is a sequence of rooms.
The studio adapted for the proportions of the house by taking a close look at each room and making it the perfect size for its function. For example, the living has a ceiling that’s double the height of other rooms and the children’s sleep area is a 1.3-metre-high loft. The designers said, "we adopted a way to construct a house by reinterpreting scale, natural light, and the use of each room."
The design is a unique way to use a plot of land that may be considered to narrow for a comfortable home. By implementing this type of footprint elsewhere, more homes can be built and space can be better utilized.
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