Satoru Hirota Architects recently completed this two story house and design studio on a corner lot in residential Kanagawa, Japan
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The house and the atelier are housed in separate but connected volumes that appear, from the outside, to be unattached small houses.

Front entrance

Courtyard with atelier at left and kitchen right

A central walled-in outdoor courtyard is a key element of the home and connects public areas of the house with the atelier.

Kitchen

The lower section of the split-level atelier

Stairs to the upper section of the split-level atelier

View from the upper section of the split-level atelier

Hallway facing the atelier

Bathroom


Project details/credits:

- Project: PTL
- Client: Private

- Location of site: Kanagawa,Japan

- Program: Single family house + atelier

- Architect: satoru hirota architects / Satoru Hirota + Yoshimi Kondo

- Structural design: nieda+hisaeda architects / Taizen Nieda + Mitsuyoshi Yoshida

- Contractor: DAIDO KOGYO Co.,Ltd / Tomotaka Iwamoto

- Site area: 253.74m2
- Built-up area:213.53m2

- Year of completion: 2011

- Photo credits: satoru hirota architects

+ hirotaa.net