This Japanese house is like a real-life version of Snakes and Ladders
Boxes, pleats and plants are key ingredients of Akihisa Hirata’s ‘organic’ residential project in Tokyo. The house-cum-gallery consists of casually stacked geometric volumes separated by voids. Attached to the openings are ‘pleated’ window frames
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