Architects: MAMM DESIGN     Photography: Takumi Ota     Construction Period:  2020     Location:  Myougadani, Japan

33 years old, a reinforced concrete building of 3 floors with a basement has been renovated as an office and residence.

The surrounding area has been developed with bookbinding and printing-related factories. At the beginning of the building, the lower half of the building was used as a printing factory as well and the upper half was used as a residence. About 10 years ago, the whole building was converted into a house and used by a second owner. At this time the third owner renovated it again.

In this renovation, we did not design everything from the beginning but proceeded with dismantling. The elements of the past that emerged from the present finishes gave us great inspiration to design. The process of design can be said, “rediscovery”.

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