{"id":4774,"date":"2009-05-18T03:45:41","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T07:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2009-05-18T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T14:54:41","slug":"imhouse-by-ateliera5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/05\/imhouse-by-ateliera5\/","title":{"rendered":"IM.house by atelier.A5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM1.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM2.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM3.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM4.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM5.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM6.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM7.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM8.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM9.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM10.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM11.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM12.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM13.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM14.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/IM15.jpg?w=1300\" title=\"IM.house by atelierA5\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">Photos \u00a9 Masao Nishikawa<\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\nThis three-story home (one story above street level) in a north-western suburb of Tokyo is built on a steep slope. The lower part of the building (open living\/dining\/kitchen area and entry hall) is surrounded on all four sides with windows which divide the concrete foundation and the upper structure built with steel and wood framing.<\/p>\n<p><sup>Who:<\/sup> <b>Sadahiro Shimizu<\/b>, <b>Masatoshi Matsuzaki<\/b> &#038; <b>Yuko Shimizu<\/b> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-a5.com\/\">atelierA5<\/a><br \/>\n<sup>What:<\/sup> Single family residence<br \/>\n<sup>Where:<\/sup> Tokorozawa, Saitama<br \/>\n<sup>When:<\/sup> 2007 (completion)<br \/>\n<sup>How:<\/sup> Three-story steel &#038; wood frame construction<br \/>\n<sup>Site Area:<\/sup> 1961 square feet (182.20m\u00b2)<br \/>\n<sup>Construction Area:<\/sup> 505 square feet (46.87m\u00b2)<br \/>\n<sup>Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 1328 square feet (123.35m\u00b2)<br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-4774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-japan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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