© Seiichi Ohsawa

(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

架构师提供的文本描述。位于购物街外的一条小巷中，该房产东临一条道路，南面与一栋三层公寓楼紧密相连。这栋建筑有两个独立的住宅-一个是为母亲设计的，另一个是为儿子和他的家人设计的-这些住宅的设计考虑到了最终把它们变成出租单元的可能性。

Text description provided by the architects. Located in an alleyway off a shopping street, this property is closely bounded on the east by a road and on the south by a three-story apartment building. The building contains two independent residences—one for a mother and the other for her son and his family—which were designed with the possibility in mind of eventually turning them into rental units. 

 © Seiichi Ohsawa

(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

母亲住在一楼，而她的儿子、妻子和孩子在二楼和三楼。第三层是一卷，里面有主人和孩子的卧室和浴室等私人区域。第一层也被视为一个单独的体积抵消了三楼的体积，以便为第一层屋顶上的露台开辟空间。在这两卷书之间，二楼被两个连续的表面所包围，它们像拼图一样合拢在一起，包括一个与露台相结合的开放式起居室。

The mother occupies the first floor, while her son, his wife, and their child are on the second and third floors. The third floor was handled as a single volume containing private areas such as the master and child’s bedrooms and the bathroom. The first floor was also treated as a single volume offset from the third-floor volume so as to open up space for a terrace on the first-floor roof. In between these two volumes, the second floor is bounded by two continuous surfaces that fit together like puzzle pieces, embracing an open living room that is integrated with the terrace. 

为了使尽可能多的光线进入一楼，尽管公寓楼在南侧，第一层屋顶倾斜陡峭的一边，并有一个天窗沿高架边缘。在二楼，这个斜坡变成一个倾斜的墙，将屋顶阳台的地板向上延伸，从而阻挡了邻近公寓楼走廊的能见度。在屋顶高架边缘种植的树木进一步遮挡了住宅，使其远离公寓楼三楼，并在屋内引入斑驳的光线，使居民们能够享受光线和绿色植物的变换模式。

In order to bring as much light into the first floor as possible despite the apartment building on the south side, the first-floor roof slopes up steeply on that side and has a skylight along the elevated edge. On the second floor, this slope becomes a slanted wall extending the floor of the roof balcony upwards, thereby blocking visibility from the corridor of the adjacent apartment building. Trees planted along the elevated edge of the roof further shield the home from the third floor of the apartment building and bring dappled light inside, allowing the residents to enjoy the shifting patterns of light and greenery.

 © Seiichi Ohsawa

(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

在密集发展地区设计住宅建筑，考验了我们建筑师对周围环境和居民个人需求的反应能力。在这种情况下，我们使用了一种不寻常的三维形式来回应与建筑高度有关的建筑规范的矛盾要求，以及对光线和视图的阻碍，确保足够的隐私和与周围建筑物的距离，并有效地将光线带入生活空间。

Designing residential architecture in densely developed areas tests our ability as architects to respond both to the surrounding circumstances and the individual needs of the residents. In this case, we used an unusual three-dimensional form to respond to the contradictory demands of complying with building codes related to building height and obstruction of light and views, securing adequate privacy and distance from surrounding buildings, and effectively bringing light into the living spaces.

 © Seiichi Ohsawa

(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

Architects Hugo Kohno Architect Associates

Location Ōta, Japan

Area 229.0 m2

Project Year 2016

Photographs Seiichi Ohsawa

Category Houses