FORM / Kouichi Kimura takes over Room 1101’s Inside renovation
Room 1101 by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects is the renovation of an city house conceived as a secondary residence, designed to assist versatile use whereas providing a definite spatial expertise. Situated on the eleventh and prime flooring of the constructing in Osaka, the house is outlined by a five-meter-high atrium and a collection of enormous, irregularly organized home windows that introduce ample pure gentle into the inside.
The design technique facilities on the remedy of openings and the modulation of daylight. To handle the advanced gentle situations created by the numerous window geometries, a system of partitions and frosted glass screens was launched. Positioned roughly 40 centimeters away from the present partitions, these screens soften incoming gentle and partially obscure the notion of the home windows, remodeling them right into a diffuse, luminous floor. Through the night, oblique lighting built-in behind the screens produces a layered lighting impact that alters the ambiance of the area.
Mirrored surfaces utilized to suspended partition partitions additional prolong the spatial depth, reflecting the sequence of screens and openings to create visible continuity and growth. The house structure incorporates a secondary circulation route connecting the doorway to the moist areas, utilizing refined modifications in flooring degree and materials transitions to outline zones with out totally enclosing them.
all photographs by Norihito Yamauchi
Materials Distinction and Filtered Gentle Outline Room 1101’s Inside
On the entrance corridor, a recessed wall is positioned in entrance of a glass block floor. Embedded frosted glass additional diffuses daylight, permitting the underlying grid of the glass blocks to look as a comfortable sample. In entrance of this floor, a garment from the consumer’s vogue model assortment is displayed, handled as a sculptural component and highlighted by the filtered gentle.
Materials selections reinforce the spatial character of the renovation. Uncovered concrete finishes are retained in parts of the ceiling to protect ceiling top and introduce textural distinction. Constructed-in couch benches line sections of the wall, offering seating for a number of occupants whereas sustaining an open plan. A restrained shade palette, mixed with high-quality finishes and uncooked concrete parts, establishes a up to date inside outlined by materials distinction and managed gentle.
By means of its cautious manipulation of sunshine, reflection, and circulation, Room 1101 by Studio FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects presents a compact but spatially layered inside that balances openness and enclosure. The mission demonstrates how architectural interventions can rework an current house into a versatile dwelling setting formed by gentle, materials, and spatial depth.
Room 1101 is an city house renovation designed as a versatile secondary residence
a five-meter-high atrium defines the central inside quantity
massive, irregularly organized home windows introduce pure gentle all through the area
