This Narrow House In Japan Only Looks Tiny Until You Look Inside
It’s said not to judge a book by its cover. The same goes for houses – especially this tiny one in Japan!
Designed by Mizuishi Architects Atelier, the 594-square-foot house is based on a triangular site between a river and a road. It looks really small from the outside, yet it is surprisingly more spacious from the inside than you’d expect. The triangular house has two floors, with the bedroom on the first floor, the kitchen and living room on the second, plus a little family playroom on a mezzanine level accessible by ladder. All the walls are painted white, which makes the whole place look more spacious and light. Check out some pics below!
More info: Mizuishi Architects Atelier (h/t)
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Share on Facebook"it is surprisingly more spacious from the inside than you’d expect." It is exactly as spacious as I would expect from interior photos taken with an ultrawide angle lens. Just look at how distorted all the furniture is. Just take the "round" ball in the fifth picture for 1 of many examples
There's also no real storage. Where do the people keep their clothes? Their books, their general stuff?
Load More Replies...I've wondered how do they strengthen the foundation and prevent it from topple when the strong wind blows?
Load More Replies...Even poor kitty's head is distorted from the wide angle lens
Load More Replies...Feels like visiting a "miraculous place" The architecture and design interiors were stunning. I like the concept of this house! Definitely will be my future house design.
The pics are not from that house, where is the wall of windows seen in from the inside? Where is the kitchen in the slated window in the night shot?
The "wall of windows" is on the second floor. There are essentially three floors, the toy room is at the very top with the slanted windows. If you look closely you can match up the railing outside the windows with those on the second floor. Looks like the bedroom and bathroom might be on the bottom floor with the tiny windows.
Load More Replies...Maybe I'm 'not' seeing things. Looking at the first shot, where you can see both long sides of the house, I don't see that deck. Trying to situate the building from shots taken inside and looking through the windows, it seems as if we are seeing pictures from two different buildings.
You can see the (very narrow) deck in the last picture - it just looks much longer in the indoor shot.
Load More Replies...It would only work in Japan. They know the art of not filling their houses with "stuff". I'd rather stick a fork in my eye than live that close to a road, though. You couldn't open your windows without sucking in exhaust.
This isn't even the same house. Look through the windows and at the outside photos.
It is the same house - http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier
Load More Replies...Ingenius use of the available space, but I'd want more comfortable seating! It's a big, not very substantial, step up to the door too.
Для семъи из трёх человек, это идел всех идеалов !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Compare photos 3 & 7. In 3, the kitchens appears to be getting wider as the stove and countertop are angling out. While inmphoto 7, the severe narrowing taper of the kitchen is undeniably apparent.
Where do the kids sleep that should play in the room on the fifth picture?
Looks like any show house, with no kids and no hobbies, unrealistic
There are some tricks here: the house is triangular so both the widths and the height significantly increases on the far end. Since external shots are all taken from the narrow end, the building looks much smaller. I am also pretty sure that 594-square-foot is not the three floors together...
Kudos to the magic of photography! But seriously, the house looked too-heavy. I wonder how it stays without keeling over.
Futons will magically appear from fold out cupboards in the walls, and a whole host of trickyness will spill out from that bench seat.
Load More Replies...I lived in 600 square feet in Vancouver Canada, similar to this except on one level
Quaint doesn't even describe the tininess of this house. It might be fine for one person, but to toss toys up on the loft and make it seem family friendly is absurd. Kudos for the use of Disney Duffy bear.
Looking at the first two shots and the last one, no deck is evident. The vegetation and flanking properties look different, as in shot #6. It's almost like we are seeing two different houses.
The exterior does not look wide enough to accommodate the width of the interior
This seems to be the most info available online: http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier
Load More Replies...Size does not matter at all. If it's planned well you can enjoy living with a small family in this house. Maybe even better than in a HUGE but uncomfy place..
it's prolly that space with the distorted loo and the bath
Load More Replies..."it is surprisingly more spacious from the inside than you’d expect." It is exactly as spacious as I would expect from interior photos taken with an ultrawide angle lens. Just look at how distorted all the furniture is. Just take the "round" ball in the fifth picture for 1 of many examples
There's also no real storage. Where do the people keep their clothes? Their books, their general stuff?
Load More Replies...I've wondered how do they strengthen the foundation and prevent it from topple when the strong wind blows?
Load More Replies...Even poor kitty's head is distorted from the wide angle lens
Load More Replies...Feels like visiting a "miraculous place" The architecture and design interiors were stunning. I like the concept of this house! Definitely will be my future house design.
The pics are not from that house, where is the wall of windows seen in from the inside? Where is the kitchen in the slated window in the night shot?
The "wall of windows" is on the second floor. There are essentially three floors, the toy room is at the very top with the slanted windows. If you look closely you can match up the railing outside the windows with those on the second floor. Looks like the bedroom and bathroom might be on the bottom floor with the tiny windows.
Load More Replies...Maybe I'm 'not' seeing things. Looking at the first shot, where you can see both long sides of the house, I don't see that deck. Trying to situate the building from shots taken inside and looking through the windows, it seems as if we are seeing pictures from two different buildings.
You can see the (very narrow) deck in the last picture - it just looks much longer in the indoor shot.
Load More Replies...It would only work in Japan. They know the art of not filling their houses with "stuff". I'd rather stick a fork in my eye than live that close to a road, though. You couldn't open your windows without sucking in exhaust.
This isn't even the same house. Look through the windows and at the outside photos.
It is the same house - http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier
Load More Replies...Ingenius use of the available space, but I'd want more comfortable seating! It's a big, not very substantial, step up to the door too.
Для семъи из трёх человек, это идел всех идеалов !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Compare photos 3 & 7. In 3, the kitchens appears to be getting wider as the stove and countertop are angling out. While inmphoto 7, the severe narrowing taper of the kitchen is undeniably apparent.
Where do the kids sleep that should play in the room on the fifth picture?
Looks like any show house, with no kids and no hobbies, unrealistic
There are some tricks here: the house is triangular so both the widths and the height significantly increases on the far end. Since external shots are all taken from the narrow end, the building looks much smaller. I am also pretty sure that 594-square-foot is not the three floors together...
Kudos to the magic of photography! But seriously, the house looked too-heavy. I wonder how it stays without keeling over.
Futons will magically appear from fold out cupboards in the walls, and a whole host of trickyness will spill out from that bench seat.
Load More Replies...I lived in 600 square feet in Vancouver Canada, similar to this except on one level
Quaint doesn't even describe the tininess of this house. It might be fine for one person, but to toss toys up on the loft and make it seem family friendly is absurd. Kudos for the use of Disney Duffy bear.
Looking at the first two shots and the last one, no deck is evident. The vegetation and flanking properties look different, as in shot #6. It's almost like we are seeing two different houses.
The exterior does not look wide enough to accommodate the width of the interior
This seems to be the most info available online: http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier
Load More Replies...Size does not matter at all. If it's planned well you can enjoy living with a small family in this house. Maybe even better than in a HUGE but uncomfy place..
it's prolly that space with the distorted loo and the bath
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