Architects:FujiwaraMuro Architects

Area :62 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Katsuya. Taira

Lead Architects :Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro

City : Osaka

Country : Japan

This residence sits on a long, narrow property in urban Osaka that will likely become increasingly hemmed in by high-rise buildings in the future. The residents are a working couple, both of whom frequently work at home, and their children. They requested a design that would allow them space to work while still maintaining a sense of connection with the family.

Over the course of several conversations about the best way to achieve this—by dividing the rooms, creating a single interconnected space, or finding a solution between these two extremes—we concluded that creating gradations of functionality and natural light was the ideal way to achieve the client’s goals.