Michi no Ie (House in the middle of street)

February 10, 2010 in Architecture with 5 Comments

This narrow lot (10 feet wide) used to be part of the street stretching ahead…

a site specific art installation?
 

a house!
 
… photos below were taken only three months and one day later, wow!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

via Qull
 
Who: Takafumi Matsunaga
What: Single family residence
Where: Meguro-ku, Tokyo
When: July 2009
How: Two-story wood frame construction
 

5 Responses to “Michi no Ie (House in the middle of street)”

  1. Eugene February 10, 2010 at 8:32 pm #

    House is beautiful, but their neighbours will not enjoy it very much, especially those whose balcony is now useless. Aren’t there some kind of regulations against converting public streets into private lots?

  2. jun9998 February 15, 2010 at 10:58 pm #

    i really admire how japanese architects are able to create clean space from a small lot area.

    i notice that there is no storage room. it looks nice when empty but where do you hide your stuff?

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