「将来的にカフェを営みたい」「敷地の持つポテンシャルを最大限活用して欲しい」の二つが施主であるご夫婦からの要望でした。

北側に広がる大きな公園は、借景として楽しめるという良い面だけでなく、公衆便所が近くにあるなど、悪い面も併せ持っています。そして高さ方向への移動でそういった「見たいもの」と「見たくないもの」が劇的に変化するのがこの敷地の特徴でした。

そこで「見たいもの/見たくないもの」に併せて「見せてもよいもの/見せたくないもの」を整理し、対照的な2つの要素で住宅を構成しました。

一つは公園側から反対側まで貫かれ、外に開かれ、周辺の良い環境を享受する”水平チューブ”です。もう一つは水平チューブによって穿たれた残りの部分で、外から閉ざし、トップライトからの光で生活をする空間です。

所在地 東京都
構造設計 オーノJAPAN
照明デザイン LIGHTDESIGN
敷地面積 38.09 m2
建築面積 26.57 m2
延床面積 90.69 m2
竣工年 2015
撮影 阿野太一

雑誌掲載
住宅特集 2015年10月号
MARK(オランダ誌) No.63


“ondo” is a house with a café. With a total of three floors, this house also has a basement and a roof terrace. The north side of the plot faces one of Tokyo’s most famous parks. Working within a plot of only 38 square meters, vertical movement changes dramatically and was an important aspect.

The view changes at different heights of the house. “What we want to see” and “what we do not want to see” change dramatically and are important characteristics of this site. Using those characteristics and organizing them with “what we want to show” and “what we do not want to show”, we organized the two contrasting elements into two types of spaces: the transparent glass spaces that cut through the house, and the concealed spaces that are being cut through.

The first floor, where the café is located, is raised from ground level by 1.1 meters to be aligned with the park in order to provide a pleasant view of the park. This was also advantageous for making the basement floor with less excavation. On the second floor, a public lavatory and a transformer station come into sight. This floor has fewer windows from the outside but has two skylights. In accordance with building regulations, a volume of the top floor on the south side of the house has been set back.  The top floor allows for both north and south views, and the rooftop view makes one feel as if they are above the tree tops.

As a result, the house consists of two parts, one being the “horizontal tube” penetrating from the park side through to the other side. This part is open to the public, while the other part, like an ant’s nest, is in contrast a totally private living space illuminated by skylights.

The clients, a couple, had just two requests. They wanted to have a café and they wanted to maximize their site’s potential. Now they enjoy moving between public and private space within their home.

Location Tokyo, Japan
Structural Engineer Ohno JAPAN
Lighting Designer LIGHTDESIGN
Site Area 38.09 m<sup>2</sup>
Building Area 26.57 m<sup>2</sup>
Floor Area 90.69 m<sup>2</sup>
Completion Year 2015
Photographs Daici Ano