House in Kitayama
Tadashi Hirai

House in Kitayama

Tadashi Hirai Design Studio as Architects

It is a house renovation for couple specializing in painting and design and their child.We aimed for a space where production activities, daily life, a little exhibition can coexist.

The space consists of three layers.

The first is a semi-public space.We set up a space that can be used for various purposes such as exhibition space, production and parties on the first floor.By contiguous concrete floor from the outside and surrounding 
it with a white wall of the same material as the outer wall, we made a semi-public place like alley.

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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai

The second is intermediate space between semi-public and private around the stairs.By framing with existing columns and beams,semi-public and private space is gently segmented. The third is a private space.Most of the finishing is existing as compared with the other two spaces.  The first space is to renew most of the finish, the second is to see and hide some existing parts,The third accounts for most of existing parts. Also by adding gradations of time accumulation throughout the space, characterization of the space.

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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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Tadashi Hirai
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