丨日本东京丨Jo Nagasaka,Schemata Architects

panda

This is a renovation project of a family-type room of an apartment that was built 18 years ago. Its plan (with a living room, dining room, kitchen and 3 person rooms) reflects the average family structure in Japan at that time. This layout has since become out-of-date and has been largely replaced by the studio-type apartment with more spatial openness, reflecting changes in the make-up of the average family. We strove to reflect this social change in the project. The unchangeable part of the structure of the building appears around the windows, like black patches around a panda’s eyes, by overlaying a contemporary and open layout onto the existing structure of the building.

Data

Title: panda

Architect:  Jo Nagasaka/Schemata Architectsz

Project team: Toshiharu Oono

Location: Mitaka,Tokyo

Usage: Condominium

Floor area: 75.3m²

Completion: 02/2005

Photo: Daici Ano