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Inside Out Living
Site : Japan (312m2)
Programme : A new rental house concept
Type : study
As an answer to a call from the Japanese
rental housing company Daito for new ideas
for adding more living quality to their stock
of suburban housing blocks, we propose to
rearrange the basic components of the classic
block to create a new type of communal
dwelling. Moving the internal circulation ? stairs
and corridors ? to the outside of the volume
generates flexibility to create a wide variety
of different apartment plans. Reducing the
footprint by adding an extra storey creates
openness in the suburban setting. Additional
living area in the form of ‘entrance corner
boxes’ connected to the stairs establishes a
direct visual relation between the apartments
and the surroundings. As a result has the
appearance of a miniature cityscape, defined
by the everyday activities of the residents.