{"id":4113,"date":"2009-04-14T06:34:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T10:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2009-04-16T06:19:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T10:19:36","slug":"house-in-horikiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/house-in-horikiri\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SLIT&#8221; &#8211; House in Horikiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/house-in-horikiri\/horikiri1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/horikiri1.jpg?fit=500%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,331\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"House in Horikiri\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/horikiri1.jpg?fit=500%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/horikirifirst.jpg?resize=500%2C331\" alt=\"\" title=\"House in Horikiri\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4114\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice stairs. This house in the busy &#8220;Shitamachi\u201d (the old downtown district) of Tokyo was built for a couple with a newborn baby<!--more-->. It makes me wonder how they are living in this &#8216;vertical&#8217; house with a small child.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"specs\">Who:<\/sup> APOLLO Architects &#038; Associates (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurosakisatoshi.com\/\">Satoshi Kurosaki<\/a>) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">What:<\/sup> Single family residence (2 adults + a child) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Where:<\/sup> Horikiri, Tokyo &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">When:<\/sup> 2007 (completion) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">How:<\/sup> Three-story steel frame construction &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Site Area:<\/sup> 515 square feet (47.84m\u00b2) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Construction Area:<\/sup> 349 square feet (32.40m\u00b2) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 919 square feet (85.37m\u00b2) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Photographer:<\/sup> Masao Nishikawa<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/house-in-horikiri\/horikiri2\/\" 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height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4118\" \/><br \/>\n<span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">Photos \u00a9 Masao Nishikawa<\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice stairs. 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