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架构师提供的文本描述。该网站位于东京一个安静的住宅区。客户是一对在大学工作的夫妇。在规划住所时，他们的要求是保持两个独立和平等的私人窝点，并提供一个开放的生活环境，同时保持他们的隐私。一个庭院和一个前院放置在南面和北面，空间是对称的。我们的目的是提供一个居住环境，让你可以感受到外面的空气，从房子的任何地方，如私人房间或客厅和餐厅。

Text description provided by the architects. The site is located in a quiet residential area of Tokyo. The client is a couple who both work at a university. Upon planning the residence, their request was to keep two independent and equal private dens, and to provide an open living environment while maintaining their privacy. A courtyard and a front yard are placed on the south and the north and spaces are located symmetrically. Our intention is to provide a living environment where one can feel the air outside from everywhere in the house such as private room or living and dining room.

 Floor Plan

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二楼的盒子状的音量向街道突出.前院被这个悬垂的空间所包围，成为客厅和餐厅的花园。百叶窗板由热浸镀锌磷酸锌涂层制成，保护室内空间不受前街过路人的视线影响。这对夫妇的小窝和孩子的房间放在第一层和第二层的后面，并利用狭长的间隔，沿墙提供内置的家具。这样就可以从所有房间看到花园里的灰了。每个房间都充满了来自庭院的柔和光线，家庭成员可以在专心工作或学习的同时感受到彼此的存在。

The box-shaped volume on the second floor sticks out towards the street. The front yard is enclosed by this overhanging volume, and becomes a garden for the living and dining room. The louver boards made of the hot-dip galvanizing with zinc phosphate coat protect the interior space from the eyes of passers-by on the front street. The couple’s dens and the children’s rooms are placed in the back of the first and the second floor, and the built-in furniture is provided along the wall, utilizing the narrow and long gap. This makes it possible to view the Griffith’s ash planted on the courtyard from all the rooms. Each room is filled with soft light from the courtyard, and family members can feel each other’s presence while concentrating on their works or studies.

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客厅、餐厅和厨房都放在二楼，天花板很高。它是一个山墙屋顶与暴露的双SPF萝卜，创造了一个大胆的节奏和微妙的阴影在同一时间。此外，内置的家具、厨房和楼梯都集中在两边，并有计划地保持对称。这创造了一种独特的礼节，就像一座教堂。孩子们的房间有通往屋顶的通道。“方舟”这个名字来自与“诺亚方舟”相关的建筑形式。

The living and dining room, and the kitchen are placed on the second floor with high ceiling. It is covered with a gable roof with the exposed doubled SPF rafters creating a bold rhythm and delicate shading at the same time. Also, the built-in furniture, the kitchen, and the staircase are gathered on both sides, and purposely planned symmetry. This creates a distinct formality like a church. There is an access to the roof from the children’s room. The name “ARK” comes from the form of the building associated with “Noa’s ark.”

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Architects APOLLO Architects & Associates

Location Mitaka, Japan

Category Houses Interiors

Architect in Charge Satoshi Kurosaki

Area 133.0 sqm

Project Year 2015

Photographs Masao Nishikawa