Gallery House

PrizeShortlist in Build (architecture)
CompanyMosaic Design Inc.
ArtistKO NAKAMURA
CategoryProfessional
Design TeamSachiyo Hirosawa (Mosaic Design Inc.), Yasuhiro Kaneda (yasuhirokanedaSTRUCTURE)
CreditTakuya Seki

Gallery House is the 3rd story residence with wooden structure in Tokyo. Reading the site context which is connecting 2 roads, we have 2 different approaches from each road as house entrance and the gallery entrance. The 1st floor has a gallery to introduce publicness into the private house and the backyard of the gallery is also used as a family's backyard as storage, closet and bathroom. The 2nd floor is common rooms for family and their friends, then the 3rd floor has 3 open bedrooms connected with lofts. This residential project is trying to mix public and private in several ways.