Grace Fale Nofoia by Satoshi Kurosaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

AuroFausaga Fale· 2025

Grace Fale Nofoia

by Satoshi Kurosaki

Client: APOLLO Architects & Associates Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Grace Fale Nofoia

O Grace o se tamai fale laupapa mo se aiga e toatolu i luga o se fanua i tafatafa o le vaitafe i pito i tua o Tokyo. Ua mamanuina le fale mo se olaga galue mai le fale. O potu teu oloa, mea faigaluega o le umukuka ma isi vaega aoga ua fausia i totonu o puipui ina ia faateleina ai le autasi ma le felagolagomai i le avanoa umi ma vaapiapi. O potu tumaoti e nofoia le fogafale muamua, ae o le fogafale lua o se potu matala e tasi i lalo o se taualuga tofa ma faalava o loo faaalia atoa ma moli e le tuusao. O se poletito pito i luma ua faatioata ma tautaualuga loloto ua avea ma vaega e sui ai mai le galuega i le malologa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Grace Fale Nofoia, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Grace Fale Nofoia e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Grace Fale Nofoia e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A key design challenge was assimilating contradictory elements such as work/leisure, interior/exterior, and private/public in order to achieve that harmonious lifestyle within a limited space. In contrast to private areas such as the master bedroom and child’s bedroom on the first floor, the second floor consists of a single open room. The front balcony, a glassed-in intermediary space with deep eaves, plays an especially important role in transitioning between work and leisure. The furniture on the balcony has a similar aesthetic to that inside the house, which creates a sense of continuity, while the one-way glass blocks visibility from the road but lets in natural scenery, resulting in a uniquely comfortable atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: Principal Use : Private housing
Structure : Timber
Site Area: 133.70m2
Total Floor Area : 106.16m2（49.69m2 /1F, 56.47m2 /2F)
Tags: GRACE, APOLLO Architects & Associates, House, Residence, Residencial,Architecture, Japan
Production Technology: Exterior Finish : Galvalume, Elastic Lysince Spray
Floor : Tile Flooring, Walnut Flooring
Wall : Wallpaper
Ceiling : Wallpaper, Spruce Pine Fir (SPF), Lauan Plywood, Walnut Lighting : LED
Research: Enclosing all functional elements within wall storage units allowed us to eliminate the visual noise of excess objects and enhance concentration on work. Meanwhile, the exposed rafters of the gable roof with indirect lighting set into them make this second-floor space both unusual and relaxing. Perhaps this design approach, which takes smallness not as a minus but as a plus in terms of coziness and comfort, will be even more sought after in the post-Covid 19 era.
Inspiration: This small wood-framed residence for a family of three takes advantage of the riverside views from its lot on the outskirts of Tokyo. Designed to cater to a work-from-home lifestyle, the storage, kitchen appliances, and other functional features are built into the walls to enhance unity and continuity in the long, narrow space. The result is a home where daily life coexists comfortably with work.
Project Duration: Design Period : March 2019 - August 2019
Construction Period : December 2019 - March 2021
Team Members: Satoshi Kurosaki
Image Credits: Photography : Masao Nishikawa
Videographer : Seiya Aoki