Unusual long narrow house in Japan

The Japanese design studio Mizuishi Architect Atelier, Tokyo, designed for a couple with a child, a unique two-story house project. On a land plot with an area of ​​just over fifty five square meters an unusual in concept and ingenious in embodiment was built long narrow house.

This two-story narrow house not like any residential building of its kind. An important feature of it is - it is the maximum use of all free space. Not a single centimeter was ignored, the designers took into account all the ergonomics of movements and features of the family.

A place in the house was found not only in traditional rooms, such as a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, but also in a children's playground and recreation area and place for work.

The main room of the house is a common room combined with a kitchen on the second floor. For maximum illumination and opening the space, a large window was used, with the maximum glazing area possible for the structure.

Feature of this long narrow house there is almost no cabinets, instead of them actively used storage space under a common bench and on the ground floor. The designers found an excellent solution for the natural lighting of the kitchen - a vertical narrow window at the end of the building, allows the use of daylight and saves electricity, additionally deprives the room of the compression effect.

The bedroom continues the trajectory of the common room, this unusual two-story narrow houseclosing the living space. It is noteworthy that the interior developers did not enclose the staircase leading to the attic with a wall, but used curtains to create a secluded atmosphere without sacrificing precious meters.

In that long narrow house there is a place for children's toys, on a special attic platform, under the roof itself, with special fences, a zone for a child is erected. The necessity of looking after the baby was also taken into account, the zone is located just above the kitchen and allows the mother, without interrupting cooking, to look after the baby.

The bathroom, with everything you need is located on the ground floor, there is nothing superfluous in it, everything is extremely simple, affordable, convenient.

Interior two-story narrow house created according to the principles of functionalism and minimalism. The color scheme is very restrained, white, brown, gray. All pieces of furniture are mobile and easy to move.

Photo of a narrow house from Mizuishi Architect Atelier. Children's room.

Photo of a narrow house from Mizuishi Architect Atelier. Bedroom.

Photo of a narrow house from Mizuishi Architect Atelier. Bathroom.

Working drawings long narrow house fromMizuishi Architect Atelier.