49 KIDOSA KI HOUSE

Kidosaki House Setagaya. Tokyo 1982-86

Th e building is localed in a ql.liel resi· den!ia l ilTea of Tokyo. It is desiglll.--d for /1 couple aod Iheír two surv;v;ng paf­e nl s. lt takes Ihe form of mu llí-un íl housing, ena bling eBeh of Ihe lhree households lo ma inla in Iheir pri vacy re! ma king il possib lt' {or Ihe famil y lO Iive logether.

The entire building cansisls of a rubl?, 12 metres on eaeh side, aod a wall a long lhe boundary. The cube is loca led jll!it

o H Ihe centre o f Ihe s il e. leaving space 10 Ihe no rlh and soulh . The spilce lo Ihe north has been made ¡nlo él n approach lo Ihe h ouse, and thal lo Ihe soulh forms a rou rlya rd . The two spllcesacl as buffer zones lo protect Ihe pri vacy o f Ihe uní!s as wt'1I ¡l S be ing a d eviC"E' IIMI introduct.'S Ihe senSc.' o f niltu re ioto Ihe builJing. On (he grou nd floo r are two u ni lS, o ne on the easl .1nd th e ot her 011 Ihe wt's t, bolh f"cing the south cour tyiUd.

The unil 10 Ihe- e-a s! is centre<! around iI !wo-s tore-y li ving-roo m with a large­window fa ci ng the sou th cou rt ya rd . This two-storey room p rov ides a spatial connectio n w ith the first noor u nit o f Ihe younger couple. O n th(> first (loor Iher.. a re a li ving-room and a di nins-room w ilh a terrace, and a bedtoom and s tudy occu py ha lf the noor above. O n Ihis secolld floo r, Ihe other haH 01 the square plan is given over lO a pri va le o uldoor

spm end o,ed by • ,0n",I' """,d by ,"nlig"l .nd , ubjeollo w'nd, the gil rdens a nd lerraces; afford a vari­ega ll!"d I,lndsca pe.

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