Architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno of Japanese Eastern design have done it again! Their distinctive architecture using light as an almost main feature,illuminates the house in the most spectacular way is surely a characteristic of their stunning architectural designs.
The apartment complex is located at Sumizome, Fushimi in historic city of Kyoto, Japan. The importance of the architecture of this five story residential complex lies in the inner court. In Japan due to the lack of space, the site is generally small and narrow, and faces a narrow street. With this in mind Eastern Design Office set as a goal to create architecture with an inner living space to protect what they believe matters most in life.
Eastern Design made architecture with an inner court. The inner court or garden seems as if one is entering the territory of a modern temple. Eastern designed a residential complex with vertical stacked collective houses on a narrow lot and placed a gaping void right in the center of the building. The inner court isn’t just any void, but has a symbolic meaning, which is often found in Eastern’s work. The inner court acts as a device where the “hidden” void is brighter than the main, but narrow street. It balances on a thin line where architecture plays with the elements of light and the darkness.
Slit Court by Eastern Design
12 Sumizome-cho
Fukakusa Fusimi-ku,Kyoto
http://www.eastern.e-arc.jp/
Photography © Koichi Torimura