Gallery Post // Minna no ie by Mamm Design.

Project name: Minna no ie
Architects: Mamm Design
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Year completed: 2010
Photographer: Daici Ano

This two-and-a-half storey dwelling is situated on a 4.5m wide by 12m long plot, wedged between houses in every direction. The design seeks to provide a space that seemingly expands beyond it’s borders by inserting a six meter-high garden room at its centre. The project’s name, “Minna no ie” (Everyone’s House), suggests that the house has no strict borders.

An atelier hosted in the cantilevered volume looks out over the garden room, while a small study space and bedroom are stacked on the opposite end of the layout. Conscious of preserving a feeling of openness, every area of the house has a direct connection to the multi-storey void, and are devoid of wall partitions or doors. It’s this co-existence that gives the house its unique atmosphere.

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[Images courtesy of Mamm Design. Photography © Daici Ano.]