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Collection by Cathelijne Nuijsink

Great Indoors

It’s not easy to transform a 15-foot-wide building site—wedged between houses in every direction—into a home that feels more spacious than its location allows. Mamm-design’s solution was to dedicate two-thirds of this tiny 653-square-foot house in Tokyo to a 20-foot-high garden room to bring a sense of the outdoors in. A centrally positioned evergreen ash anchors the airy terrace, which is paved with complementary gray bricks. The kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and workspace are all connected to the central space, transforming the covered veranda into a surrealistic theatrical setting for day-to-day life.

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To achieve a level of comfort on a plot wedged between virtually identical prefab houses, the architects brought in a sense of the outdoors with this courtyard that's finished with a grey brick floor and a live Evergreen Ash tree.
To achieve a level of comfort on a plot wedged between virtually identical prefab houses, the architects brought in a sense of the outdoors with this courtyard that's finished with a grey brick floor and a live Evergreen Ash tree.
It’s not easy to transform a 15-foot-wide building site—wedged between houses in every direction—into a home that feels more spacious than its location allows. Mamm-design’s solution was to dedicate two-thirds of this tiny 653-square-foot house in Tokyo to a 20-foot-high garden room to bring a sense of the outdoors in. A centrally positioned evergreen ash anchors the airy terrace, which is paved with complementary gray bricks. The kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and workspace are all connected to the central space, transforming the covered veranda into a surrealistic theatrical setting for day-to-day life.
It’s not easy to transform a 15-foot-wide building site—wedged between houses in every direction—into a home that feels more spacious than its location allows. Mamm-design’s solution was to dedicate two-thirds of this tiny 653-square-foot house in Tokyo to a 20-foot-high garden room to bring a sense of the outdoors in. A centrally positioned evergreen ash anchors the airy terrace, which is paved with complementary gray bricks. The kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and workspace are all connected to the central space, transforming the covered veranda into a surrealistic theatrical setting for day-to-day life.
The central terrace works as a buffer between the study, atelier and bedroom and bathroom located on both sides of the central space. The project's name, Minna no Ie (Everyone’s House), suggests that the house has no strict borders. The Evergreen Ash is from Fukuoka, the stool is Alvar Aalto’s Stool 60 for Artek; the cloth is an African design.
The central terrace works as a buffer between the study, atelier and bedroom and bathroom located on both sides of the central space. The project's name, Minna no Ie (Everyone’s House), suggests that the house has no strict borders. The Evergreen Ash is from Fukuoka, the stool is Alvar Aalto’s Stool 60 for Artek; the cloth is an African design.
The bathroom, finished with a mortar that contains pigments and fine-grained sand, is half sunken in the ground to provide a worm's eye view towards the terrace.
The bathroom, finished with a mortar that contains pigments and fine-grained sand, is half sunken in the ground to provide a worm's eye view towards the terrace.
The interior is illuminated by skylights that allow natural light to flood almost every space inside.
The interior is illuminated by skylights that allow natural light to flood almost every space inside.
The plan and section of the house.
The plan and section of the house.
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