This is a collective housing project with 100 units. The building is a low-rise volume that is almost the same shape as the site. By raising it one floor above ground level, a piloti area was created that provides access to each of the units. The residences are similar to row houses, with no other tenants living above. Each unit is two or three stories high. This design incorporates several grids into the plan at different angles that run parallel to the surrounding roads, the railway lines and the train station plaza. The various grids are gently integrated into each other with curved and winding lines. This multiple grid system gives rise to units with diverse individual forms and is intended to provide each residence with independence, privacy and variety.
		Flat in Todoroki (2001-) location: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo architects: Tsuneyuki Toyoda / Toyoda Doken + Kuniaki Takahashi, Ayano Uchimura / A studio structural engineers: Kume Structural Research & Development Office mechanical engineers: Akeno Engineering Consultants general contractors: Toyoda Doken + Miki Kensetsu site area: 333.21m2 building area: 179.95m2 total floor area: 733.72m2 basement floor area: 64.48m2 1st floor area: 145.82m2 2nd floor area: 166.12m2 3rd floor area: 172.40m2 4th floor area: 119.83m2 5th floor area: 65.07m2 dwelling unit area: 25.01 - 37.34m2 structure: reinforced concrete; 1 basement and 5 stories maximum height: 14,850mm type of dwelling: private, rental dwelling (studio apartment) number of dwelling: 19 projected completion date: May, 2003 next back top