Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Majengo, Ujenzi na Miundo Competition Category.
ChumaUsanifu wa Majengo· 2025
Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi
by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi
Client: Coplus Co,Ltd
Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award Winner in Usanifu wa Majengo Category
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About Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi
Mandhari ya safu za miti ya ginkgo kutoka eneo hili ni ya faraja kiasi kwamba nafasi za madirisha zilichaguliwa ili kuakisi faraja hii. Ni tofauti kidogo na yale yaliyofanywa hapo awali kwa kuunganisha kiini cha muundo wa hoteli na kutatua masuala ya kijamii kama vile maisha baada ya janga la korona, juhudi za kuongeza muda wa uhai wa majengo na miundo endelevu, na jamii katika makao ya fleti. Hutoa uzoefu wa nafasi wa mtindo wa maisha wa kipekee. Mchanganyiko wa vifaa rahisi, imara na visivyo vya kawaida huupa muonekano wa utulivu na amani katika jiji.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award
Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima unaotolewa kwa miundo mizuri inayokidhi mahitaji ya kitaalamu na ya kiviwanda yanayotarajiwa kutoka kwa kazi zilizobuniwa vizuri. Washindi wa Chuma huonyesha ustadi mkubwa, utaalamu wa hali ya juu, uelewa wa kitaalamu na uwezo wa kibunifu wa waumbaji wao. Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi inatarajiwa kuwa kazi inayothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambayo ni ya vitendo na bunifu. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Chuma ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora za tasnia na una sifa za kiufundi zenye uwezo zilizounganishwa na ujuzi na kipaji. Tokyo Apartment Mseto wa Makazi inaheshimiwa kwa uangalifu wake na imebuniwa kutoa maboresho ya ubora wa maisha yanayosaidia kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi.
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.
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