在东京某个绿意盎然的安静住宅区内坐落着两栋小住宅，一栋为建筑师的私宅，另一栋则是建筑师亲戚的家。两个家庭一方面想要保持各自独立的生活，同时也希望彼此支持，并希望能在本项目中为两个家庭创造出一个共同的空间，如花园和工作室等。这种愿景旨在实现一种新的生活方式，享受到一般独立的小家庭难以实现的扩张感。

There are two houses in a quiet residential area with verdant greenery. One is my own house and the other is my sister-in-law`s family. While the two families wanted to live independently, they also wished to support one another and desired to establish a common space such as a garden and atelier to enjoy a lifestyle that allows for a sense of expansion that is difficult to achieve as a single household.

▼住宅外观，exterior view of the houses

▼露台，terrace

为了实现这一目标，建筑师沿场地的纵向划分了一道界限，并在两侧分别规划了一栋狭长的住宅。两栋住宅之间形成一条长约 16 米、宽约 1.8 米的小巷，并通往两栋住宅的入口。小巷既是通道花园也是缓冲区，保持了两个家庭之间的适当距离。

We divided a piece of land in the longitudinal direction and built a narrow house on each side. Between the two houses is an alley that is about 16 meters long and 1.8 meters wide and acts as an approach to the two houses. The alley is as a passage garden and a buffer zone that helps to maintain an appropriate distance between the two families.

▼住宅 A 沿街立面，facade along the street of House A

▼两座住宅之间的小巷，alley between two houses