MY FIRST HOUSE IN JAPAN

ArchitectureD4Interior

26 Mar , 2007  

Kurihama, Greater Tokyo. It was an experiment.

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The idea: Low Budget – High…

Quality – Renovation, of an old abandoned house. Nobody wanted it. We took it.

A house aged 30something which would not have been renovated by the japanese construction industry. Just torn down.

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It was an average house in the hills south of Tokyo.

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We found it because a European gaijin needed some „green“ in front of the window. After months in Asakusa, the historic downtown of Tokyo.

 

DSCN2296 So we moved in. Very soon I realized this is not exactly the house I want to live in.
DSCN2839 Tearing down the first walls was the easy part.

 

Eventually the thing needed a concept. As everything in Japan and especially a house is very rectangular I wanted something different. Something refreshing for the eyes of the visitors and the residents of this house. I wanted it „round“. And I wanted the challenge. I should have known …

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Reconstruction was based on European thoroughness. Only the main structure remained and basically everything was reinforced including an insulation which Austrians consider as minimum.

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Life changed.