Amar Bari 아파트 by Hiroaki Iwasa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 철상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
철건축· 2024
Amar Bari 아파트
Client: Hiroaki Iwasa
A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 건축 Category
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About Amar Bari 아파트
이 건축물은 도쿄 도심에 위치한 1인 가구를 위한 4세대 임대 아파트이다. 일본의 치소쿠(知足) 철학을 기반으로 설계되었으며, 대지의 한계를 극대화한 노출 콘크리트 골조와 최소한의 생활 시설 및 가전제품을 내부에 숨긴 목재 부스로 구성되었다. 그 결과 높이 3.5미터의 자유로운 공간이 창출되었다. 거주자들은 이 여백 공간을 삶을 즐기고 지역 사회와 협력하는 기회로 활용한다. 이 프로젝트는 바로 이러한 여백 공간을 포착하도록 설계되었다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 철상
Amar Bari 아파트, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Amar Bari 아파트, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Amar Bari 아파트, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.
Behind the Design
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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
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