プロペラのような推力のある居住空間
目黒区にある一室の改修である。子供の成長や生活のリズムに合わせて各々の適度なプライバシーが保たれた落ち着いた空間で暮らしたいという要望があった。まず既存の地型となる定型的な2LDKの間取りを大きく変更せずに生活の機能だけを整え、次に南側の４.８m×６.０mの空間に対してバルコニーの採光を全幅で取り込むように引いた玄関からの“対角線”を拠り所にしながら各諸室の緩やかな分節を試みた。
左官の奥行きの深い光沢は取り込んだ光を周囲に拡散する。1.90mの高さを与え天井から切り離したその“線“は、動線になる部分を切削し、機能を内包する部分を屈曲し、子供部屋の使い方や時間ごとの状態に変化を与える部分を回転扉とすることで、「家具的なエレメント」として振る舞い、あたかも空間の中心で全てを司るかのように複数の性質を与えた。
キッチンの作業台兼収納を廊下の中央に配置し通り抜けることのできるキッチンが“回廊”として玄関とLDを接続する。まるでプロペラの遠心力の中にそれぞれの機能や空間が巻き込まれ、自然と子供たちが歩き回り、運動をとめ、今度は集中できる場所を自ら選べる、または家族全員の運動が同調し収束したときに、みんなが自然とひとつに集まれる、そのように自由でひとつながりの、だけれども各々が適度に独立し過ごすことのできる居住空間が生まれた。
A living space with propeller-like thrust
This is a renovation of a room in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. The client wanted to live in a calm space that maintained a reasonable degree of privacy for each of the residents as their children grew up and adapted to the rhythm of their lives. First, the existing 2LDK floor plan was not changed much, but only the functions of daily life were changed, and secondly, a 4.8m x 6.0m space on the south side of the house was renovated to allow the full width of the balcony to be used for lighting. Then, to bring in the full width of the balcony's lighting in the 4.8m x 6.0m space on the south side, a gradual division of the various rooms was attempted based on the "diagonal line" drawn from the front door. The "line", which is 1.90m high and separated from the ceiling, is cut in the part that serves as a line of flow, bent in the part that contains the function, and made into a revolving door in the part that changes the use of the children's room and the state of the room at different times. The revolving door is made to act as a "furniture-like element," giving it multiple properties as if it were in charge of everything at the center of the space. The kitchen work table and storage are placed in the center of the corridor, and the kitchen, which can be passed through, connects the entrance and LD as a "corridor". It is as if each function and space is caught up in the centrifugal force of a propeller, and the children naturally walk around, stop exercising, and can now choose where they want to concentrate, or when all the family members' movements synchronize and converge, everyone can naturally gather together. In this way, a free and united living space was created in which each person can spend time with a moderate degree of independence.