6 tsubo-house
Kai Nakamura
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
ChairFritz Hansen
Series 7
DoorsAntique
lightingEndo Lighting Corp.
RoofingGalvalume
Metal SidingIG KOGYO
FlooringIOC

Product Spec Sheet
Chair
Series 7 by Fritz Hansen
Doors
by Antique
lighting
Roofing
Metal Siding
Flooring
by IOC

6 tsubo-house

Arte-1 Architects as Architects

What was the brief?

In that corner, a narrow area with a frontage of about 4 m and a depth of 7 m, where adjacent buildings are approaching the boundary, is the planned site.The planned building was required to be a fire-resistant building due to site conditions. We had to provide a comfortable feeling in the narrow space.

photo_credit Kai Nakamura
Kai Nakamura

What were the key challenges?

It was believed that the theme of this building was to design a way of living in a city that was comfortable, open, and transmitted to the outside while maintaining safety, because the owner wanted to make it a small but open house for people outside.

photo_credit Kai Nakamura
Kai Nakamura

Even the site conditions were harsh, the owner's strong will to "still want to live here" became a small house with a wide-open door in the alley. We hope this door will be the door of hope that opens the way we live in cities.

photo_credit Kai Nakamura
Kai Nakamura

What materials did you choose and why?

Considering workability and material delivery, including the fact that the front road is narrow, a traditional wooden construction method with a wooden fireproof structure using fireproof board clothing was adopted for the core of the building.

photo_credit Kai Nakamura
Kai Nakamura
photo_credit Kai Nakamura
Kai Nakamura

Material Used:

1. Facade cladding- Metal Siding, Brand:IG KOGYO

2. Flooring- Walnut, Brand:IOC

3. Doors-Antique

4. Windows-Fire protection glass,Brand:TOSTEM

5. Roofing- Galvalume

6. Interior lighting-  Down light,indirect light,Bracket light a. Brand: ENDO, ODELIC,DNL,MORIYAMA

7. Interior furniture- Series 7, Brand: Fritz Hansen

8. Oven, Brand- Viking

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