In Yanaka, Tokyo, a neighborhood identified for its historic shrines and temples, structure agency HAGISO Inc has unveiled a comfortable three-story residence characterised by a novel inside construction.
Although the up to date yellow facade matches neatly inside the densely constructed streets, the interior design is skewed by about 10 levels, making a triangular area for the dynamic stairwell, skylight, and balcony. Trying intently on the exterior, one will rapidly discover that the entrance door and balcony are angled inward, reflecting the distinctive association of the partitions. Nonetheless, the inside feels heat and alluring, utilizing gentle wood floors, varnished wood archways and beamed ceilings, giving the home a conventional really feel.
In the principle flooring, the kitchen’s indigo cupboards and yellow subway tiles are a focus, including a daring contact of shade to the impartial inside and tying the within to the facade’s palette. Alongside the partitions, built-in wood shelving, columns and wall panels root the area in pure supplies.
Hagiso Inc’s blended curation of mid-century and handcrafted furnishings offers the house a lived-in enchantment, whereas remaining true to the quiet sensibility of the home. In the identical room, a flower-like pendant shade and retro wall sconces add enjoyable touches to the glossy dwelling area and supply ambient lighting at evening.
The stairwell resulting in the remaining flooring is minimize into two totally different types, starting with grainy strong wooden steps after which abruptly altering to darkish metallic floating steps that lightly curve as they flip. The floating steps additionally permit extra pure gentle via, additional illuminating the areas it connects.
Within the remaining rooms, inbuilt shelving and cupboards, in addition to doorframes and window frames, make the most of the sunshine wooden discovered all through the home. Elsewhere, small moments of brick tiled flooring proceed to deliver the outside in, a recurrent theme that runs via the design.
See the gallery above for an in-depth take a look at HAGISO Inc’s Twist Home.
