Amar Bari Apartamentua by Hiroaki Iwasa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award in Arkitektura, Eraikin eta Egitura Diseinua Competition Category.

BurdinaArkitektura· 2024

Amar Bari Apartamentua

by Hiroaki Iwasa

Client: Hiroaki Iwasa

Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Amar Bari Apartamentua

Arkitektura hau Tokioko erdialdean kokatutako lau unitateko alokairuko apartamentua da, pertsona bakarreko etxebizitzetarako. Chisoku filosofia japoniarrean oinarrituta diseinatu zen. Eta lursailaren mugak maximizatzen dituen hormigoi-egitura biluziarekin diseinatu zen, bai eta bizitzeko oinarrizko instalazioak eta etxetresnak ezkutatzen dituzten egurrezko kabinak ere. Ondorioz, 3,5 metroko altuera duen espazio librea sortu zen. Biztanleek espazio huts hau euren bizitza gozatzeko eta tokiko komunitatearekin kolaboratzeko aukera gisa erabiltzen dute. Proiektua espazio huts hau harrapatzeko diseinatu zen.

The Recognition

About the Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award

Amar Bari Apartamentua Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, ondo diseinatutako sorkuntzetatik espero diren eskakizun profesional eta industrialak betetzen dituzten diseinu onei ematen zaien aitorpen prestijiotsua. Burdin-mailako irabazleek beren sortzaileen trebetasun handia, espezializazio handia, adituen ulermena eta sormen-gaitasuna erakusten dituzte. Amar Bari Apartamentua oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den sorkuntza izatea espero da, praktikoa eta berritzailea dena. Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek sektoreko praktika onenak integratzen ditu eta know-how-ari eta talentuari lotutako ezaugarri tekniko gaituak ditu. Amar Bari Apartamentua zehaztasunagatik errespetatua den lana da, eta mundua leku hobea egiten laguntzen duten bizi-kalitatearen hobekuntzak eskaintzeko diseinatua dagoena.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This architecture is a four-unit rental apartment for single person households in a high-density residential area located in Central Tokyo. It was designed with bare concrete frame that maximize the limit of the site, and also with wooden booths where minimum living facilities and appliances are hidden inside. This creates a 3.5 meters high freely usable space, which enables each resident to enjoy creating a lifestyle they envision. The project was designed to capture this blank space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Specification,
Total floor area: 63.4m2,
A unit with bathtub: 16.3m2,
A unit without bathtub: 15.4m2,
Tags: chisoku, minimal philosophy, reinforced concrete, apartment, emptiness
Production Technology: The structure is very simple, using a Frame made of reinforced concrete to ensure high soundproofing and sound insulation as well as a solid space, the equipment booth is made of wood, so that it can store various equipments and its piping with very limited space. These are consistent with the selection of materials that are optimal for each part's function and lifespan, and also leads to simpler construction work.
Design Challenge: The challenge was not just minimizing space, but also seeking for a comfortable lifestyle. Residents can also cook simple course meals in the kitchen. The compact washroom which is the size of an airplane lavatory has storage and also some room to change. The bathroom also comes with a clothes dryer, and residents can either chose a bathroom with a bathtub or just a shower. Also as of research, Hiroaki Iwasa designed on the upper surface of the wooden booth, a space which can be used as a loft.
Research: To maximize the blank space required a minimal and essential dimensional survey of equipment space and human movement. Based on the research, Hiroaki Iwasa could to expand residents' range of movement and capacity by designing spaces for daily living facilities such as kitchens, toilets, bathrooms, and laundry rooms as spaces with multiple functions rather than single functions.
Inspiration: Chisoku is one of the Japanese philosophy, a philosophy that infinitely expands other possibilities by not having excessive desires and valuing the bare essentials. Not only does it concern time and space, but also the relationship between objects and people's minds.The project was based on this philosophy.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2009 and finished in January 2011 in central area of Tokyo.
Operation Flow: The residents use this blank space, which has no specific purpose, as an opportunity to enjoy their lives and to use it to collaborate with the local community. For example, the residents use the space as an art studio, music studio, office, gallery, etc.
Image Credits: Photographer Hiroshi Tabuse