MU / Ikeda Yukie Architects
MU consists of a dwelling for a couple combined with a photo studio in the small northern city, Hachinohe, Aomori. People often gathered at the existing studio as if it were a meeting place of the town, and we aimed to maintain that atmosphere while considering the couple's privacy.
© Koichi Torimura
Architects: Ikeda Yukie Architects
Location: Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Lead Architects: Ikeda Yukie, Ono Toshiharu
Collaborators: MID architectural structure laboratory
Area: 96.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Koichi Torimura
© Koichi Torimura
From the architect. MU consists of a dwelling for a couple combined with a photo studio in the small northern city, Hachinohe, Aomori. People often gathered at the existing studio as if it were a meeting place of the town, and we aimed to maintain that atmosphere while considering the couple's privacy.
© Koichi Torimura
Taking the hard climate into account, we looked for openness, not only by physical transparency.Â
Isometric
In accordance with the low-rise residential neighborhood, the volume is formed into a deconstructed quadrangular pyramid with a low façade facing the street and rising back up towards the North. Inside the pyramid, the privacy-cores are piled in tiers, while the surrounding spaces are open.
© Koichi Torimura
The mountain-like presence of the form invites people, ...
© Koichi Torimura
Architects: Ikeda Yukie Architects
Location: Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Lead Architects: Ikeda Yukie, Ono Toshiharu
Collaborators: MID architectural structure laboratory
Area: 96.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Koichi Torimura
© Koichi Torimura
From the architect. MU consists of a dwelling for a couple combined with a photo studio in the small northern city, Hachinohe, Aomori. People often gathered at the existing studio as if it were a meeting place of the town, and we aimed to maintain that atmosphere while considering the couple's privacy.
© Koichi Torimura
Taking the hard climate into account, we looked for openness, not only by physical transparency.Â
Isometric
In accordance with the low-rise residential neighborhood, the volume is formed into a deconstructed quadrangular pyramid with a low façade facing the street and rising back up towards the North. Inside the pyramid, the privacy-cores are piled in tiers, while the surrounding spaces are open.
© Koichi Torimura
The mountain-like presence of the form invites people, ...
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