None of the ten units is purely communal, but detached Unit C, Yasuo Moriyama’s
“living room,” functions the most publicly. It houses a DVD player, a plasma screen TV, and little else, but it has a tea-room ambience. Moriyama says, “This space gives you the freedom to do anything you like, and it makes you want to.” Here, Moriyama and his pomeranian Shinnosuke visit with Ippei Takahashi, project manager and fellow resident.
Building Blocks
Project: Moriyama House
Architect: Office of Ryue Nishizawa
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Office of Ryue Nishizawa
Location: Tokyo, Japan
On a double suburban lot in Tokyo, the Office of Ryue Nishizawa built a neighborhood-scaled, flexible-format minimalist steel prefab compound for Yasuo Moriyama—a very private individual with a powerful social bent—and six rental tenants. Every room is its own building—even Moriyama’s bath is a freestanding box. Here, tradition and innovation interweave to create a new kind of community.
See all of the images in the Dec/Jan 07 issue.
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Comment from Jin on Apr 26, 2007
Elegant and simple solution to packed Tokyo housing. The ambiance looks fabulous, too. Post a photo of the bath building!
Comment from Jonathan Toms on Apr 18, 2007
This is completely absurd.
Love what was done here. Minimalistic. Wish I could move in!
Posted by sunny on 07/01/08 07:09PM PDT
i think its pretty stellar:D
Posted by c-dub on 04/16/08 11:32AM PDT
Hotels and many condos have communal space so perhaps it makes sense to introduce the concept to single family living.
Posted by tymoro on 03/30/08 07:44PM PDT
The Japanese are masters of good design. They make most of you Americans look fat, dumb and wasteful.
Posted by T. on 02/14/08 08:20PM PST
Ryue is a genius.
Posted by Phillip on 11/20/07 11:29AM PST
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