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架构师提供的文本描述。2011年3月3日日本发生大地震后，这位客户继承了日本东京郊区一片阳光明媚的土地。地震造成的破坏迫使客户在很短的时间内过着与世隔绝的生活，因此，客户现在打算为自己和他的租户设计一套住宅公寓，以便过上平静的生活。

Text description provided by the architects. After the big earthquake in Japan on March 3, 2011, the client inherited a sunny plot of land in a residential suburb of Tokyo, Japan. The destruction that was caused by the earthquake forced the client to spend a short period of time living in isolation and as a result, the client is now intent on designing, for the purpose of a peaceful life, a residential apartment for himself and his tenants.

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作为一个典型的害羞的日本男人，业主希望公寓有隐私，但同时，也希望促进房客之间的社交交流。

Being a typically shy Japanese man, the owner wants the apartments to have privacy, yet at the same time, wants to also promote sociable exchanges between the tenants.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

业主希望根据法律和建筑规范，最大限度地利用周围的阳光和气流，同时尽量减少垂直噪音。

The owner wishes to maximize the apartments buildable volume according to the law and building codes, taking advantage of the surrounding sunlight and airflow, whilst at the same time trying to reduce vertical noise.

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例如脚步声，可以听到从上面和下面，这是一个常见的问题木结构。为了做到这一点，公寓被分成三个不同的单元，垂直和水平地在不同的高度展开，以减少结构压迫的感觉，确保降噪和隐私。

Such as footsteps that could be heard coming from above and below, which is a usual a problem with wooden structure. In order to do so, the apartments are divided into three different units, spreading out vertically and horizontally at different heights in-order to reduce the feeling of structural oppression, ensure noise reduction and privacy.

 Second Floor Plan

二层平面图

这三个公寓单元被抵消，把公寓从北到南变成一系列上升的梯田，以增强开放性，尽量减少整个公寓中声音的音量效应。

These three apartment units are offset, turning the apartments into a series of ascending terraces from north to south in order to enhance openness and to minimize the volume effects of sound throughout the apartments.

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在所有三个露台上，公寓都有像山一样的屋顶结构，窗户很大，既为居民提供了隐私，也为居民提供了开放的空间。同时，居民也受到山体屋顶结构之间的包围效应。

On all three of the terraces, the apartments have mountain-like roof structures with a large window, thereby providing both the privacy and openness for the residents. While at the same time, the residents receive the surrounded effect of being between the mountain-like roof structures.

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中间部分也是业主的房间，横跨第二层，下面有一个开口，两边都有其他公寓的支撑，使房主的房间悬浮在半空中。房主房间下面的空地可以被“住在”居民和附近其他居民的公寓用来聚会。

The middle section, which is also the owner’s room, spans across the second level with an opening underneath it, which is supported on both sides by the other apartments, keeping the owner’s room suspended in mid-air. The open-area beneath the owner’s room can be used for gatherings by the apartments “live in” residents and other nearby residents.

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Architects Ikeda Yukie Architects

Location Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Category Apartments

Architects in Charge Ikeda Yukie, Ohno Toshiharu

Area 120.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Koichi Torimura