residence-アカデミックハウス

Location: Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Use: Student Housing
Scale: Wood frame, 2 stories / Renovation
Completion: April 2020
Project: Chiba University Suzuki Hiroki Lab
Joint Design: Studio H
Structural Design: Shimizu Structural Design
Photography: Junichi Takahashi

This project was planned and implemented in Kyojima, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, over a period of approximately three years. We participated in a project at Chiba University, building housing for students by students. Together with the students, we researched and realized a way to live in an area that has a strong lifestyle culture and challenges in terms of disaster prevention due to its densely populated area with wooden buildings. This building is a partially renovated four-house tenement building built in 1929, bringing a 91-year-old vacant house back into the modern era.

Winner of “Future Architect Award / Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers”
Renovation Category Special Award of “Good Painting Color / Japan Paint Manufacturers Association”