Michi no Ie (House in the middle of street)

This narrow lot (10 feet wide) used to be part of the street stretching ahead…

a site specific art installation?

a house!
… photos below were taken only three months and one day later, wow!!















via Qull
Who: Takafumi Matsunaga
What: Single family residence
Where: Meguro-ku, Tokyo
When: July 2009
How: Two-story wood frame construction
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House is beautiful, but their neighbours will not enjoy it very much, especially those whose balcony is now useless. Aren’t there some kind of regulations against converting public streets into private lots?
Comment by Eugene — February 10, 2010 #
[...] Вот это прекрасная история, и типично японская, как на узком пятачке между двумя домами появляется отличный домик. [...]
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i really admire how japanese architects are able to create clean space from a small lot area.
i notice that there is no storage room. it looks nice when empty but where do you hide your stuff?
Comment by jun9998 — February 15, 2010 #
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[...] assume that if you’d choose to live in a ten foot wide home, you’d pretty much be signing on to a life of clutter. Unless, of course, you get really [...]
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