The Designers Made The Most of This 3-Metre-Wide Plot
Allen Taylor — March 28, 2014 — Art & Design
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.
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.
0.3
Score
Popularity
Activity
Freshness