Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier has designed the Small Box House in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The 57 square meter residence, with a site area of 345 square meters, is built on the western hillside of Mt. Moiwa, overlooking the city of Sapporo.
From the casual lifestyle of the client and his wife, and also the request to have a part of the house turn into a cafe in the future, the designer wanted to create a space to be flexible to support events, such as the new birth of a child and opening a new cafe, where various life-scenes existing with reasonable distances to each other inside a simple void, like a barn.
The floor, handrails, walls, and also curtains, passing the light through, exist lightly inside each life scenes, so the indication of the residents flow continuously without any distraction. Various heights in the ceiling and the openings are designed to lead the residents to find a space for relaxation in this void.
