© Taketo Nishikubo

c Taketo Nishikubo

架构师提供的文本描述。这是一座多层的排屋，位于东京市的Musashino市。房子的主人告诉我们，在他的祖国印度，人们习惯在建造新房子的同时建造一些出租的房间。按照惯例，我们计划业主的房子面积约70平方米，加上出租住房单位，面积从25m2到30M2。

Text description provided by the architects. This is ISANA, a multi-layered row house in Musashino City, Tokyo. The owner of the house informed us that it is customary in his home country of India to build some rooms for rent along with the construction of a new house. Following the custom, we planned the owner’s house with the floor area of approximately 70m2 plus rental housing units with floor areas from 25m2 to 30m2.

 © Masaya Yoshimura

c.Masaya Yoshimura

一开始，主人给我们描述这个地方的形象是“树林中的小房子”，他的话成了我们各个方面设计的关键。然而，我们想象到，所需的租金空间，必然会累积成一个庞大的空间，因此，我们的设计策略是将出租的房屋划分和分散，以创造“小房子”的形像。这所房子被设计成一个由较小的房屋组成的集体。大量的房屋被拆除，逐渐融入城市，站在那里，仿佛是所有人的房子，但不知何故却不属于任何一个人。

In the beginning, the owner described to us the image of the place as “a little house in the woods” and his words became the key to our design in all aspects. However, we imagined that required spaces for rent would inevitably sum up into a large volume, and therefore set our design strategy to divide and disperse the rental housing units to create the image of “a little house.” The house is designed as a collective body of smaller houses. The large volume is dismantled and gradually blended into the city, standing there as if it is a house for all people, and yet somehow not belonging to anyone at the same time.

Isana建于2011年东北大地震之后。竣工后，新房客搬进了租住的住房单元，他们的日常生活活动在庭院周围展开，气氛像一间寄宿住宅，而不是公寓楼。一些声音是从上下层听到的，因为它是由木结构组成的。但据主人说，听到一些声音并感觉到邻居在同一栋房子里的存在，反而让他觉得自己很有活力和安全感。每天都有各种各样的人在院子里闲逛，这对他来说也是一个惊喜。

ISANA was built after the occurrence of the Great Tohoku earthquake in 2011. After the completion, new tenants moved into rental housing units and activities of their everyday lives unfold around the courtyard in an atmosphere of a boarding house rather than an apartment building. Some sounds from upper and lower floors are heard because it is comprised of wood construction. But according to the owner, it rather makes him feel alive and secure to hear some sounds and feel neighbors’ presence in the same house. It is also a nice surprise for him to see various people wandering into the courtyard everyday.

 © Taketo Nishikubo

c Taketo Nishikubo

树林中的树木充分伸展枝条，以庇护、保护和接纳我们所有人。虽然它们由一个简单的形状组成，但它们能容纳许多不同地方的生物。给予并不意味着失去一些东西，但它代表了一种保护和保护以及与他人联系的意愿。这座房子由非常小的地方和特色组成，但它的美好之处将延伸并与世界相连。

Trees in the woods extend their branches fully to shelter, protect and accept us all. Although composed of a simple shape, they accommodate many living creatures in various places. Giving does not mean losing something, but it represents a will to protect and be protected, and to connect with others. This house consists of very small places and features, but its good will extend and be connected to the world.

 © Masaya Yoshimura

c.Masaya Yoshimura

Architects Niko Design Studio

Location Musashino, Japan

Category Houses

Design Team Taketo Nishikubo

Area 217.0 sqm

Project Year 2011

Photographs Taketo Nishikubo , Shinkenchiku-sha