Office of Ryue Nishizawa
Tokyo, Japan
“…The area surronding the Moriyama Houses is a particulary close society – everbody knows one other. There is a distinct sense of community. Tokyo is essentially a conurbation of villages. You feel like you’re in a village that extends out into the city. It’s quite surprising when you consider that it’s the world’s largest metropolis – but, it’s exactly this sense of community permeating the city that made it possible to realise the Moriyama Houses.” Ryue Nishizawa, Instant Asia
Instant Asia
The bedroom window of one of the unit in the Moriyama Houses complex. A recess between the ground and the base of the walls creates the illusion that the boxes are suspended
The bathroom of Mr. Moriyama, the client and one of the tenants. Several of the boxes in the complex are mono-fuctional and disconnected from the others
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