houses 2:houses,housing before 1990

KITASINAGAWA COMPLEX 1988

Complex of houses , offices , and shop . Shop space to let on the ground , offices to let on the first and second , and client’s residence on top two floors . Children’s rooms on top are unique spaces ,one is able to be divided into two by movable cupboards , another one is rather big ,high ceiling above which is the loft bedroom. Floating desk above the staircase , bookshelves on the walls of stairs and so on are arranged .

HOUSE UNDER POWER CABLE 1988

Half of the land is not able to build , because of power cable above . Main living space with tatami-mat floor room are on the first floor with balcony where more sunlight is available than ground floor on the land of dense residential area . The roof has a steep slant at 45 degrees , so the spaces underneath has the same slant and high ceiling .

NOSTALGIA 1987

Two storied house on the sloping site to the south . Client required the house appearance as a single storied house . So the spaces on the first floor have sloped ceilings like lofts . On the result the appearance looks like a house in the film “Nostalgia” by Andrei Tarkovsky. Decked terrace is projected above the sloped site among the existing trees . Seen on TV “A visit a House by Atsusi Watanabe”TV ASAHI Feb . 2 1991

COURT AND ROOF-TERRACE 1987

Courthouse of mixed structure of reinforced concrete and wood frame construction. South side of the court is living- dining , north side is an exhibit and meeting space for mineral specimens which are collected by client through long years . Kitchen , bathroom , utility and staircase are east and west side in-between . Published on The Japan Architects Apr. 1984 Exhibited and published on SD Review Exhibition 1985 SD Dec. 1986

STEEL HOUSE 1986　

Four story house with shop and parking to let on the ground floor . Steel structure , columns and beams are exposed and painted white . Concrete slabs are also exposed as they are . Because the ground is not so firm , We chose steel structure which characteristic is light weight chosen . Published on “Iji no toshijuutaku “1986

BLOW･UP 1985

Atelier house for the female painter on the stepped hillside in Kamakura . Adjacent land level is lower , so on the south good view can be seen . North , west , and east sides are surrounded by the slopes of woods . Entrance is on the first floor to which you go up by outer stairs . Like the photographer’s studio in the film “Blow up “　people come down to the atelier by the spiral stairs. By the dining table projected terrace there is a big glazed window stable north light comes down to atelier , Published on The Toshijuutaku Aug.1985 The Bijututetyou Apr. 1984

LAYERED GARDENS 1984

House in the residential area in Tokyo . Various outer planted spaces are designed . Main garden continues up to slope above the garage , planted terrace by the corridor on the first floor between two children’s rooms with copper saddle roofs . Through the windows of the terrace , sunlight comes down to the dining area on the ground floor . Published on The Japan Architects Spring issue 1985

CONTINUOUS SPACES 2 1981　

House of reinforced concrete construction in the residential area of Shiroganedai . Client want to fill the soil to raise the ground level 1 meter , so split-level floor plan is chosen again . Dining-kitchen and living room on the ground , Japanese-style room and bar corner on the half level up , and children’s room , bathroom , and main bedroom on the first floor . By using various sliding doors , one of which can be drawn in the wall about 3m , all the rooms can be connected into one room . Published on The Toshijuutaku Apr.1982

CONTINUOUS SPACES 1 1981　

House of mixed structure , consists of reinforced concrete and Wood-frame construction by the Teganuma marsh . Level difference between street on the north and the south leads to choose split-level floor plan . Dining-kitchen and Japanese-style room on the ground , living on the half level up , and children’s rooms on the first floor with roof-terrace from where fireworks of Teganuma marsh can be seen in summer .

SEMI-D 1976

Two houses complex in which my family and the family of my sister in law live . I designed it just after I came back from London . In London and its suburbs there are areas where lots of semi-detached houses gather. Two houses share a pitched roof and boundary wall . It is a very interesting building form , So I used this form for the new houses . And I took skip-floor levels in which the floor levels are shifted about half a story . Each spaces are connected and eyes level changes continuously. Published on The Japan Architect Aug. 1977