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Project • By studioSHUWARIHotels

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 This town house with a storehouse built in the Meiji era once housed a saw shop and later a saw mill. The aim of this project is to revive this vacant house, which has lost its former characteristics as a town house due to repeated extensions and renovations, by converting it into a guest house and reviving it into an attractive space. studioSHUWARI Satoshi Shuwari studioSHUWARI Satoshi Shuwari During the design process, we considered a design that would combine new elements with vestiges of the past, such as the building's structure, old earthen walls, and demolition remains. We redefined the nature of town house elements such as shoji screens, sliding doors, transoms, storehouses, and small gardens, and built up a desig... More