这是一座位于东京人口稠密地区的小房子，总建筑面积为50平方米。随着周围房屋的逼近，我们将外墙向后退去，并降低了屋顶，似乎是为了对抗房屋的狭小性。这是一个自带小型户外空间的住宅，它并不完全是一个屋顶露台，而是被设计成没有特定功能。客户是一对40多岁的夫妇，他们掌握了这块土地，并要求建造一座两人的房子。

This is a small house with a total floor area of 50 square meters in a densely populated area in Tokyo. As the surrounding houses close in, we set back the outer wall and lowered the roof as if to counter the smallness of the house. It is a home that comes with a small outdoor space that is not exactly a roof terrace, but is designed to have no specific function. The client, a couple in their 40’s, got hold of this land and requested to build a house for two.

然而，这并不是一个永久的住所，而是一个临时住所，以满足他们在不久的将来返回父母居住的乡村的计划，并可能放弃这个东京的住所。虽然这对夫妇都是全职工作者，但他们也喜欢享受诸如去公共浴室和经常外出就餐等活动。他们想要一个开放而紧凑的房子，其设计是为了利用城市生活的优势。场地位于一条狭窄的小巷上。

However, it is not to be a permanent residence, but a temporary abode that would accommodate their near-future plan to return to the countryside where their parents live, and possibly give up this Tokyo residence. While the couple are both full-time workers, they also like to enjoy such things as going to the public bath and eating out often. They wanted an open and compact house that is designed to take advantage of the city life. The site is located on a narrow alley.

由于它的通风和采光条件很差，我们决定建造一个地上单层和地下室的房子，地下室被设置在地面下约一米处。这是一个简单的平面图，卧室和浴室区域被放置在半地下室，餐厅在一楼，通过嵌入地面，在一定程度上释放了架空空间，已经部分后退，同时保持了较大的内部体积。

Since it has poor ventilation and daylight conditions, we decided to build a house with a single aboveground floor and a basement that’s been set about a meter beneath the ground. It is a simple floor plan where the bedroom and bathroom areas are placed on the semi-basement, dining room on the first floor, where the overhead space is somewhat freed up by embedding it into the ground, have been partially set back while maintaining a large internal volume.

通过将外墙向后退，甚至超过规定的要求，我们创造了不同的高度，天花板从大约1.9米到4.7米不等，并在增加的外墙表面开了许多大窗户。当人们可以看到遥远的天空，充足的阳光从上面照射下来，以及邻家的墙壁时，前面的街道也是一览无余的。这座房子之间的差距和它的各种距离和关系直接影响了这座房子的轮廓。这个所谓的非结构化的房子是用木材建造的。

By setting back the outer walls even more than the requirement of the regulation, we created various heights with ceilings that range from about 1.9 meters to 4.7 meters, and opened many large windows on the increased surface of the outer walls. While one can see the faraway sky, ample sunlight from above, and the walls of the neighboring house, there is also an unobstructed view of the street in the front. The gap between this house and its various distances and relationships directly influence the outlines of this house. This so-called unstructured house was built with wood.

从略微延伸到头顶的梁开始，我们创造了四个屋顶，旨在通过悬挂结构的一个部分，创造一个感觉像建筑物之间的小缝隙的空间，并在整个结构中保持平衡，同时在内墙上应用不同类型的饰面。城市里有各种形状的建筑。另一方面，城市的不平坦景观所产生的复杂性和不确定性是定义东京城市的独特品质。为了将这种不确定感转化为有形的东西，我认为这个过程实际上是给客户流动的生活方式和自由的形状，他们的愿望是在这个城市生活，然后再离开，到他们的下一个目的地。

Beginning with a beam that extends slightly overhead, we created four roofs aimed to create a space that feels like a small crevice between buildings by suspending one part of the structure and balancing it evenly throughout, while applying different types of finishes on the inner walls. There are buildings of various shapes in the city. On the other hand, the co mplexities and uncertainties created by the city’s uneven landscape is a unique quality that defines the city of Tokyo. To transform this sense of uncertainty into a tangible from―I thought that this process is really about giving shape to the fluid lifestyle and freedom of the client, whose wish is to live in this city and leave again to their next destination.

Architects: UNEMORI ARCHITECTS
Area: 51 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Kai Nakamura
City:Tokyo
Country:Japan