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架构师提供的文本描述。据土地、基础设施、运输和旅游部说，有129万套楼龄超过30年的共管公寓，估计30年内将增加447万套。居民将与建筑物一起老化，许多情况下，由于费用修理问题，翻修和修复是不可能的。它可能导致空置，变成以城市地区为中心的贫民窟。一代人的不平衡、居民的老化和破旧的建筑物是彼此无法分开的东西。

Text description provided by the architects. According to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it is said that there are 1.29 million condominium apartments which is over 30 years old and it is estimated to increase up to 4.47 million in 30 years. Residents will get old together with the building and there will be many cases that refurbishment and rehabilitation are not possible due to the cost repair issues. It could lead to vacancy and turn into slum centering in urban areas. Imbalance of generation, aging of residents and dilapidated buildings are something that are inextricable to each other.

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我想，通过建筑方面的努力，比如“把空间变成一个房间”、“通过滑动门打开和关闭”、“多层使用”，以及“活在有限的时间框架内，即使它很小”的想法，可以改变一套40平方米的公寓，这在日本的房地产市场中被认为是很难处理的，由于“单身太大”、“太小不适合家庭”等原因，很有可能成为一个有吸引力的家庭，因为这是一个有小孩的家庭。

I thought by the combination of architectural efforts such as "changing the space into one room" "opening and closing by sliding doors" "multi-layered usage" and the idea of "live for a limited time frame even though its small" could change a 40m2 apartment which is thought to be difficult to deal with among real estate market in Japan, due to reasons such as "too large for single person" "too small for family" could be changed into an attractive home precisely because it's for a family with small children.

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如果新建造的水平房屋能够以几乎与租来的住房相同的数额得到满足，集体住房的房间将得到更新，并有可能在各代人之间混为一谈。年轻人的迁入对于维护方面也是很有价值的。我相信，“个别设计”，从整体楼宇维修的角度来看，对存货的运用是必不可少的。

If the fact that newly built level house can be attainable at an amount of money almost same to rented accommodation, the rooms of collective housing will be updated and mixing among generation could happen. Moving in of young people is also valuable for maintenance aspect. I believe that "individual design" with a point of view of maintenance of the whole building is essential for stock utilization.

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这是一所房子，住十年，直到孩子们长大，成为初中生。我们不需要孩子的房间所以我们选择了一个小公寓。由于公寓的年龄和大小，我们能够控制住公寓本身的费用，并为装修费用拨出预算。

This is a house to live for ten years until the children grows up and become junior high students. We didn't need a kid's room so we chose a small apartment. Due to the age and size of the apartment, we were able to hold down the expense of the apartment itself and appropriate the budget for renovation cost.

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按照客户的要求，只有一个房间，窗户边有宽敞的浴室和厨房。浴室可以关闭门，保护隐私和防水财产时，使用。在其他时候，它被用作主空间的扩展。通过打开和关闭门，改变了房间的空间和用途，有效地利用了空间。地板的材料是柚木。材料的统一使空间看起来更大。在考虑利用普通公寓的时候，我认为根据不同的生活阶段，休闲住宅可以是一个解决方案。

As requested by the client it is a one room space, with spacious bathroom and kitchen on the window side. The bathroom can be closed by doors securing privacy and waterproof property when using. At other times it is used as the extension of the main space. By opening and closing the doors the space and the usage of the room is changed and the space is used effectively. The material of the floor is teak. Unity of material makes the space look larger. When thinking about utilizing stock apartments, I think that casual house according to various life stage can be a solution.

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Architects Takeshi Shikauchi

Location Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Category Apartment Interiors

Area 41.0 sqm

Project Year 2012

Photographs Koichi Torimura