In this house with a frontage of 2700mm, the moving space is also a living space, and scatted furniture and floor level differences provide ambiguity to the space. The space by the kitchen can be a dining area, a space a bit further away from there can be a hallway, and then a living area. In this way, there is no clear separation of the space, but they interact with each other, and the experience continues further to the outside.

Because of the minimal frontage, the building can take the outside environment directly to the inside, creating a soft atmosphere inside even though its structure is made from strong concrete. The atmosphere inside of the box changes in various ways by embracing weather, temperature, and natural light.

This building is composed of simple geometry, yet with a floating, heavy-looking mass that creates a seemingly uneasy appearance. The gaps in this building, as if it were pierced by a braking part of the box, are the strong appearance of the house that protects living from the outside environment and rich expressions created in internal space by flexibly taking in outside elements to coexist. Even though it’s built in a small site in an urban area, it is possible to create a feeling of openness and richness beyond the actual size of it just by adjusting levels and relationships with outside space. This house shapes possibility and hope in such a way.

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The north side wall in the building has skewed to create a space that connects to the adjacent vacant site. Along that wall, the heights and depth of each floor had adjusted throughout the building. These misaligned three walls and 7-floor slabs with different heights and depths overlap each other without breaking up their top and bottom ends. This structure creates openings that bring in natural light and breeze, but by avoiding views into other houses. There is no opening to the south side; thus, strong sunlight does not penetrate inside.

However, natural light reaches in all day from over the north side wall, allowing rich senses of time, weather, and season changes. As it goes further back in the house, which is more distanced from the openings, service functions such as kitchen and bathroom are located. In contrast, as it approaches the front road, the openings get wider and bigger, closer to the outside. In the middle of a big city, the site is not big enough to create a garden or balcony with adequate space. Instead, this house is designed to have large openings that make the inside space like a garden or balcony when it’s fully opened.

The floors do not fully function with one piece alone, as for how small each is, but it shows its complete potential when used along with other displaced floors. It turns into a seat, table, shelf, and ceiling. Almost no place has dedicated use, and the entire space in the house is made with the relationship of misaligned floors. First, entering from the front door and, as it proceeds up, gives a sense of gradational shifts in the space. By placing human-scaled stairs and furniture inside a strong and large ancient building-like structure of reinforced concrete, the building is suited for human use. Moreover, it aims to create an affluent experience that exceeds that of its functional suit alone.

This simple structure of offsetting walls and laying floors at different heights allows them to interact, making it possible to create an openness that seems much more than the actual total floor area of 60m2. This is one big room built due to the reality of living in a city center and the possibility of a small site. The things far away and close coexist, and sometimes it’s separate and sometimes repetitive. This relationship is formed into a structure and a home.

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