This is the project to renovate a Nagaya building along the Iwasaki family's (Family of the largest companies in Japan old garden. This building is 90 years old. I wanted to make the garden trees that can be seen from the window, which is not so big, on the garden side into a house that can be enjoyed anywhere in the room.
It was not realistic to simply widen the windows, and it was required to set up the room to fill the environment in front of us.
First, the wall of the staircase that divided the room was removed to make it a large studio centered on the kitchen. A place with a different personality was born from the front side with heavy traffic and the quiet garden side. For the floor on the garden side, kitchen and range hood, we chose glossy materials and pulled the garden trees to opposite side by reflection.
The walls and ceiling were painted with a small amount of red, which is a complementary color, so that green would shine. It became a fluctuating space that changed to white, light red, or beige depending on how the light hits and the angle of the line of sight. In addition, the wall back of the TV is made of porcelain tile to replenish the luster. Through repeated expansions, the life separated from nature has been opened up, and the environment between the city and nature has become a living place.
