Moriyama House

Description

This housing project is based on the reinterpretation of the urban fabric in which it is integrated, a traditional neighbourhood in Tokyo. Far from isolating itself from the outside, the house is made up of different volumes placed on the site in a continuous manner with the public space. This generates a microcosm of interior domesticity. Based on the desire of the client, who wanted the possibility of changing his lifestyle according to his needs, it was decided to atomise the domestic programme, so that it could accommodate different uses and different inhabitants. The idea is to be able to create a community of neighbours whose dimensions can change. All the volumes have the possibility of being a dwelling in combination with others, always linked to the exterior. The open-air space, populated with vegetation, oxygenates the place by creating air currents and connecting the different living units. The 10 white volumes at different heights form an abstract backdrop where the everyday objects of the inhabitants take centre stage. An open framework waiting to be activated by different types of human communities.