Tetsuka House
Tokyo 2005
Tokyo 2005
Clarity and comfort do not depend on quantity but on an absolute
quality of space. This design for a compact site in Tokyo takes the
form of a pristine box containing living quarters, a traditional
Japanese tearoom and a courtyard open to the sky. Apertures cut into
the concrete envelope frame a series of meticulously edited vistas out
of the building which become part of the landscape of the interior. The
exaggerated length of the wall leading to the entrance brings quiet
theatre to the experience of arrival.