Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa by Akira Koyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
IdẹÌkọ́lé· 2021
Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa
by Akira Koyama
Client: Key Operation Inc.
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa
Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa jẹ́ ilé iyẹwu tó ní ilẹ̀ márùn-ún pẹ̀lú ẹ̀ka mẹrìnlá ní Tokyo. Ilé náà dúró sórí ilẹ̀ tí ó jinlẹ̀ pẹ̀lú iwaju tóóró, tí ó ní mítà mẹ́tadínlógún ní ìhà ẹ̀yìn àti mítà mẹ́jọ ní ìbú. A gé igun mẹrẹ̀rin ti apá ilé kọ̀ọ̀kan láti dá ofo mẹfa tí ó dúró ṣánṣán, tí ń mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ọ̀sán wọ inú àwọn ẹ̀ka náà. A ṣètò àkójọpọ̀ náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí apá méjì, iwaju àti ẹ̀yìn, tí àwọn ọ̀nà àbáwọlé ṣí sílẹ̀ ya wọ́n sọ́tọ̀, pẹ̀lú àtẹ̀gùn tí ó lọ sí gbogbo ilẹ̀. Àwọn ọ̀nà àbáwọlé náà so ofo mẹfa náà pọ̀ pẹ̀lú sì ń ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀nà fún ìṣàn afẹ́fẹ́ àdánidá. Ojú-ọ̀nà iwájú ilé jẹ́ ògiri agbéró tí a fi ọ̀nà ọ̀gbẹ̀ omi ṣe, tí ó ń dáàbò bo ìpamọ́ àdáni.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Fudomae Apartment with Six Voids Ile Iyẹwu Fudomae Pẹlu Ofo Mẹfa ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A five-storey apartment complex of 14 units was developed for a parcel along a small local commercial avenue in Tokyo. To develop a parcel relatively deep with tight frontage in central Tokyo, the main theme for drawing the plan focused on supply of daylight and airflow throughout, while retaining density and thus enhancing rents. In this regard, a void to meet the local ordinance requirement of an evacuation route and additional voids were established.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The site is a deep parcel with tight frontage, it measures 17 m to the back, 8 m in width. Site area is 155.07m2, Building area is 113.17m2, and Total floor area is 527.68m2. The building consequently comprises two volumes, front and rear, separated by open corridors installed with stairs ascending to all floors for access to the flats.
- Tags
- Apartment, Window, Voids, Post Coronavirus, Rental Complex, Pet, Cat Owners
- Production Technology
- Extruded cement panels are used for the wall rising above the outdoor passage in order to reduce the load. The street façade also rises four storeys as structural wall with a water-jet chipped finish. This distinctive expression faces the street and provides robust privacy for sleeping quarters behind the wall. The windows of the street-side voids are effectively set back, while the wall roughened by water jet draws passers’-by attention to enhance window privacy.
- Design Challenge
- The building code in Japan establishes standards for the specific planar area of openings with respect to the floor space of a room. For residential complexes, the area for openings must be at least 1/7 of the floor space of each room. In relation to the area of a window opening, the distance from the window to adjacent building and the height from the top of the building have a large impact on the calculated effective opening area.
- Research
- The number of pet cats in Japan is nearing 10 million in 2020. Lifestyle changes brought upon by Covid-19 have increased the desire for comfort from pets.
Important themes based on our Covid-19 experience prompt us to consider inclusion of outdoor space. This flat complex establishes voids for a deep parcel with poor air passage to the back in order to secure natural ventilation. - Inspiration
- The four corners of each volume are notched to establish six vertical voids that bring light down into each unit for a heartening indoor environment. For a plan such as this, surrounded by buildings on neighbouring property all around, the lower floors for the new building are often unable to secure effective openings to draw sufficient daylight. The notched corners of each volume establish voids in front of neighbouring property and enable window openings facing the voids to provide effective daylight access that meets building code.
- Project Duration
- The project is located in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The project was started in July 2019, and finished in July 2020.
- Operation Flow
- A typical studio flat plots the kitchen space and unitized bathroom that require plumbing to the left and right of a central corridor opening up into a bedroom in the back. The studio flats in this complex, however, arrange their bath area towards the core of their volume and corridor along an exterior wall. The respective corridors internally connect the six voids as thoroughfares of natural ventilation.
- Team Members
- Architect: Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC./ARCHITECTS
Planning & development: ASCOT CORP.
Structure Engineer: Delta Structural Consultants
Service Engineer: Comodo
Contractor: Nakajima Kenko - Image Credits
- All Images: Yoshifumi Moriya / Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Video: Akira Koyama / Key Operation Inc.
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