这是一种拥有房子的情况，其特点是位于 “市中心”，”老房子的翻新 “和 “连接的城镇房屋”。这与日本更常见的房屋相反，后者通常是 “农村”、”新建 “和 “独立”。
This is a situation of owning a house with the attributes of being in the “center of downtown”, “a renovation of an old house” and “a connected town house”. This is opposed to the more common houses in Japan, which is usually, “rural”, “newly built” and “detached”.
丰崎镇距离梅田站只有15分钟的步行距离，梅田站是北大阪的一个主要交通枢纽。它距离最近的地铁站也有10分钟的步行距离，因此，非常方便。在该地区，有一条主要街道，但也有一些背街小巷，这些较老的连在一起的城镇房屋存在。
Toyosaki is a town located in a 15 minute walking distance from Umeda station, a main hub of transportation in North Osaka. It is also a 10 minute walking distance to the nearest subway station and is therefore, very convenient. In the area, there is a main street but also back streets where these older connected town houses exists.
房主买的是一栋老房子，关于这栋房子的建造时间和建造者，没有太多的信息。我们唯一能找到的是，这所房子是在东京举行奥运会的同一年被翻新的：1964年。
The owner bought an old house and there is not much information about when or who built the house. The only thing we could find was that the house was renovated in the same year as when the Olympics was held in Tokyo: 1964.
设计开发是在拆除内墙后进行的，以便了解现有结构/MEP的状况。结构被加强以满足最新的规范要求。此外，绝缘材料也被替换，以达到与新房相当的质量，以满足日本第四级节能性能评估项目的要求。
Design development took place after the demolition of the interior walls in order to access the condition of the existing structures/MEP. The structure was enhanced to meet the latest code requirements. Also, the insulation was replaced to achieve equivalent quality of new houses as to meet the 4th grade energy saving performance evaluation program requirements in Japan.
饰面和布局是通过积极的测量来确定的。厕所和浴室是唯一安装了门的空间。其他空间由窗帘轻轻隔开，以便让这些区域可以选择开放或关闭。
The finishes and layout were determined with a positive measurement. The toilet and the bathroom were the only spaces where doors were installed. The other spaces are softly divided by curtains in order to leave the option of having these areas either open or closed.
考虑到房子的总面积，入口处有一个豪华的空间，因为楼梯的天花板是一个开放的设计。
The entrance has a luxury space considering the total size of the house, as the ceiling of the staircase is an open design.
这些都是为了尽量减少墙/门的建造成本。此外，由于整体空间有限，这也实现了通过连接各楼层来优化空间的利用。
These were achieved to minimizing the wall/door construction cost. In addition, this achieved in optimizing the space utilization by connecting the floors as the total overall space is limited.
在开放和连接空间时，拆除房屋时保留的旧门和地板，通过改变其功能和位置被重新使用。
In opening up and connecting the space, the old doors and flooring, kept when the house was demolished, were reused by changing the functions and locations of them.
储藏室基本上是通过多种方式来展示和陈列主人的个人物品、生活和爱好来管理。
Storage is basically managed by having many ways to show and display personal items, life and hobbies of the owner.
该项目的主要意图是用一个具有悠久历史的主体结构的小型相连的城镇房屋来柔和地包围一对新夫妇的生活。
The key intention of the project is to softly surround a new couple’s life with a small connected town house that has a main structure with a long history.
Architects: Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects
Area: 33 m²
Photographs: Yoshiro Masuda
City：OSAKA
Country: Japan