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Tetsuya Matsumoto
Tetsuya Matsumoto Head Architect at KTX archiLAB
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Julie Payette
Julie Payette Cofounder and Partner at v2com newswire
Like this inventive combination of...
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7.5
Florian Seidl
Florian Seidl Design Manager at Lavazza
An incredibly peaceful and relaxing...
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8.75
Simona Franci
Simona Franci Principal and Design Director at Fortebis
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5.75
Shannon Pringle
Shannon Pringle Interior Designer at Bernardon
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4.75
Judith Haase
Judith Haase Architect at Gonzalez Haase AAS
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Royce Epstein
Royce Epstein Design Director at Mohawk Group
Would like to see more domestic ele...
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6.25
P.C.Ee
P.C.Ee Editor & Creative Director at industry+
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Matteo Renna
Matteo Renna Founder at matteorenna | studio
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Jelle Sapulete
Jelle Sapulete Design Director at Adidas
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darren nolan
darren nolan Associate at Peter Marino Architect
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6.75
alberto caiola
alberto caiola Design Director at Alberto Caiola Studio
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6.5
Justin Bridgland
Justin Bridgland Founding Partner at More Design Office
Great balance of materials, but wou...
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Client
Private
Floor area
206 ㎡
Completion
2020

This project took place in northern Hamamatsu, over a duplex house for two families —the mother and her son’s family— standing on its own in the midst of an industrial district lined with a number of factories. One of the two families was represented by the mother and nobody else, and the other: her son, his spouse and four children. We were required to work out an arrangement for this unbalanced inhabitant ratio as well as secure an open space for the families to get together. Along with the physical limitations of the site impeding reclamation of the external environment, we deliberated on the openness of the internal space and control of light with materials. *Duplex housing refers to a house inhabited by two families: parent family and child family. In such arrangement, two families support each other’s living by sharing a part or all of housing functions while also keeping private space to themselves. Light brings the family together The shared living room attracts the families as it gathers much light through the clerestory and becomes the hub of communication within the house. The light collected in the living room softens itself as it gets carried into the adjoining room, connecting the two independent spaces together and allowing the families to enjoy their private life while mildly feeling each other’s presence. The light produces interrelationships among two families distinctive of a duplex housing. Tatami mat and polycarbonate The entire floor of the shared living room is lined with tatami mats. The shared living room has six entrances connecting to other rooms and a spiral staircase connecting to the children’s room on the second floor which make the living room the epicenter of the house where different scenes of everyday life are met. Inhabitants could have just bypassed this space with wooden flooring or floor covered with some hard material; the tatami mats invite the families to sit, lie down, or be in whatever position they may feel comfortable with. Unexpected stay in the living room would produce natural interaction among the family members. The polycarbonate adopted for the wall surface of the living room transmits soft light to connect the spaces, creating a comfortable distance between the families at which they are able to enjoy their private life while feeling each other’s presence. This inventive combination of tatami mats and polycarbonate enhances the unique extensity of this duplex housing and helps conjure up interactions and interrelationships among the family members.