Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi

Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Ubwubatsi Competition Category.

IcyumaUbwubatsi· 2025

Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire

by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi

Client: Coplus Co,Ltd

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Ubwubatsi Category

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The Design

About Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire

Icyerekezo cy'imirongo y'ibiti bya ginkgo kuva aha hantu cyiza cyane ku buryo imyanya y'amadirishya yatoranijwe kugira ngo yerekane ubu buhorakeye. Ibi bitandukanye gato n'ibyo byakozwe mbere bitewe no guhuza uruhare rw'igishushanyo cya hoteri no gukemura ibibazo by'umuryango nko kubaho nyuma y'icyorezo cya koronavirus, imbaraga zo kongera ubuzima bw'inyubako n'inyubako zihoraho, hamwe n'umuryango mu nzu z'imijyanama. Bitanga uburambe bw'umwanya w'ubuzima budasanzwe. Guhuza ibikoresho byoroheje, bikomeye kandi bidasanzwe byatuma bigaragara mu mahoro no mu bwumvikane mu mujyi.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Tokyo Apartment Ikigo cy'Imiturire yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The view of the rows of ginkgo trees from this location was so pleasant that we intuitively decided on the position and orientation of the window openings to incorporate this into the living scene. We transformed the elements needed for homes in the current era into three concepts and designed them as an apartment community, a post-corona home, and a structural platform. In this way, we wanted to provide a space experience that is a bit different from what we have seen before, with an extraordinary feeling of living, like a hotel and a second home.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 168.38Square meter Total floor area: 825.07Square meter Building coverage ratio: 64.65% Floor area ratio: 398.66% Structure: reinforced concrete structure Scale: 10 stories above ground Total number of units: 9 units
Tags: After-corona residence, Community, Structure design, hotel design, Openness
Production Technology: The shape of a tower apartment complex is determined by its structural design. Challenging structural stress transmission by eliminating the central reinforced concrete column and creating a void slab. In order to secure a view to the southwest, the south and west beams were turned into reverse beams. We designed these three structural ideas and the facade at the same time, and created a soft expression by using concrete formwork material with cedar planks for the pillars and beams.
Design Challenge: Many apartment complexes in Japan tend to focus too much on security and privacy, and not on the idea of community. As a result, face-to-face neighbor relations tend to occur, such as lack of building maintenance and aesthetics, and troubles between tenants. In this plan, we focused on the idea of a new community and the lounge as a place to create opportunities. By intentionally zoning this lounge into the entrance lobby, we have made it a symbol of the apartment complex.
Research: Under the theme of "Chemical reaction by adding a community", we have designed various accommodations and housing facilities according to the times, environment and circumstances. With the design of cooperative houses as the main axis, we have built up architecture and space creation with an eye on the target, based on our achievements that capture the ideas of real users.
Inspiration: After going through the coronavirus pandemic, I have been thinking about new communities. Inspired by the zoning of hotel lobby lounges, where people can casually drop by, we set this up as a place to start a community in an apartment complex. Under the soft shade of the symbol tree, we hope that it will be a space with a sense of openness and calm, and that it will function as a lounge where residents can communicate with each other as they pass by, and where guests can socialize.
Project Duration: Design period: September 2020 to June 2021 Construction period: February 2023 to July 2024
Operation Flow: With the theme of openness in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the building has one unit per floor, with windows on three sides (excluding the elevators and stairs) to allow wind to pass through, and a spacious 2m-deep balcony to make this area bright and bright. We created a spacious verandah-like exterior space. The interior space has been designed as a flexible room that reflects the modern way of working, including a remote work room, online classes, and large storage space.
Patents: Copyright belongs to Coplus Co., Ltd.
Team Members: Hiroko Hayashi
Image Credits: Copyright belongs to Coplus Co., Ltd.