Amar Bari Apartament by Hiroaki Iwasa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Architektury, Budynków i Konstrukcji Competition Category.
ŻelaznaArchitektura· 2024
Amar Bari Apartament
Client: Hiroaki Iwasa
Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category
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About Amar Bari Apartament
Ta architektura to czteromieszkaniowy budynek na wynajem dla jednoosobowych gospodarstw domowych w centralnym Tokio. Zaprojektowano go w oparciu o japońską filozofię Chisoku, z odsłoniętym szkieletem betonowym maksymalnie wykorzystującym możliwości działki oraz drewnianymi boksami, w których ukryto minimalne wyposażenie mieszkaniowe i urządzenia. W rezultacie powstała wolna przestrzeń o wysokości 3,5 metra. Mieszkańcy wykorzystują tę pustą przestrzeń jako możliwość cieszenia się życiem i współpracy z lokalną społecznością. Projekt został zaprojektowany tak, aby uchwycić tę pustą przestrzeń.
The Recognition
About the Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award
Amar Bari Apartament to laureat Żelaznej Nagrody A' Design Award, prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego dobrym projektom, które spełniają zawodowe i przemysłowe wymagania oczekiwane od dobrze zaprojektowanych dzieł. Laureaci Żelaznej Nagrody wykazują wielką biegłość, wysoką specjalizację, fachowe zrozumienie i zdolności twórcze ich autorów. Amar Bari Apartament ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu dziełem, które jest praktyczne i innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Żelazną Nagrodą A' Design Award integruje najlepsze praktyki branżowe i ma kompetentne cechy techniczne powiązane z wiedzą fachową i talentem. Dzięki starannemu wykonaniu Amar Bari Apartament cieszy się szacunkiem, a jego zadaniem jest zapewnianie poprawy jakości życia, która pomaga uczynić świat lepszym miejscem.
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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