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Tokyo Court House

This Residential District in Tokyo Development Houses

Vacant lots and farmlands are being razed to build housing developments. Often the houses are designed in stereotypical styles: Italian, Japanese, Modern, etc.

These buildings are designed in a self-serving manner. Little or no attention is given to the relationship between the buildings and their surroundings.

Opposed to this style of construction, our project takes into consideration the architecture and the environ. Being environmentally sensitive to the surroundings creates a positive aim to the project.

The railway station is a mere ten-minute walk on a cherry tree-lined street commuter buses run on.

The land will be divided into three strips. The middle strip will serve as an access road, flanked by two bordering strips. These side strips will be divided into five or six building sites. The property offered per home is over local regulation requirements. The usual rectangular shape is respected.

The buildings on each site are not built in a straight line but at random to provide privacy, ventilation, and lighting. Houses are composed in two parts: the ground floor is made of reinforced concrete and the upper floors are made with 2 X 4 wood slats.

This type of community, referred to as a “mini development,” with roughly ten houses is common to Tokyo. The unusual random arrangement of the buildings, the variety of exterior colors, and the grounds around the houses make this development spacious and unique.

The roofs are constructed in assorted shapes and angles to form an animated notched skyline. By placing the houses in an asymmetrical pattern and painting them in diverse colours, repetition is avoided. We have created a neighbourhood where home owners can have a sense of well-being and a considerably more comfortable home life.

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