*소호하우스, 화살주택 [ Apollo ] Arrow House

에로우 하우스는 저층부의 포토스튜디오와 상층부의 단독주거가 결합된

소호하우스로 리니어한 대지 전면부에 2층으로 연결되는 경사계단이

인상적인 장면을 만들어 낸다.

각 레벨공간의 독립적인 동선 확보와 이웃한 기존 주거와의 관계성 재정립을

위한 디자인은 물리적인 공간과 장소성을 자르는, 구분하는 예리한 칼날과 같은

선으로 백색의 소호하우스를 밀집된 주거단지로 부터 분리시켜 낸다.

그리하여 하우스는 내외부의 버퍼링 없는 공간으로

협소한 대지를 벗어나 외부로 확장되는 주거공간을 완성한다.

reviewed by SJ

Japanese architecture firm Apollo Architects & Associates has recently completed the Soho house, a single family house in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The volume is used as both a private residence — in the first floor — and a photo studio — in the ground floor. Access to the house is made via a slightly sloped staircase, which adapts to the long and narrow site.

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Apollo Architects & Associates: Arrow House
Architects: Apollo Architects & Associates / Satoshi Kurosaki
Location: Shinagawa, Tokyo
Completion: March 2013
Program: Residential
Structure: Steel Framing
Site area: 118.36 sqm
Building area: 46,43 square metres
Total Floor area: 84,22 square metres (Ground floor: 42,11 square metres, First floor: 42,11 square metres)
Structural engineer: Kenta Masaki
Mechanical engineer: Zenei Shimada
Photography: Masao Nishikawa

The dwelling is located in the back of a lot already occupied by another residence, and the staircase thus separates both volumes, adding to their contrast. The architects applied a glass façade on the ground floor, unifying inside and outside in the space harbouring the photo studio.

“The shallow sloped approach-stairs nicely match the sharp inclined wall,” states architect Satoshi Kurosaki, “and function as a novelty to invite visitors.” A pitched roof echoes the sloped staircase. Inside, a slit-shaped skylight allows daylight to invade all spaces, creating dramatic shadows. A series of diagonals permeate the space, in an effect that Kurosaki describes as a “comfortable unease”.

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