ISSHO Architects

Located in central Tokyo, right around the corner from the major thoroughfare Meguro Street, is a ‘soba’ noodle shop, the owner’s residence situated above. The building has Machiya-style wooden louvers, invoking a traditional Japanese townhouse, but the depth of each louver is varied sequentially across the face. Regionally different patterns of light spill through the façade from the interior, allowing a gradual change of character at dawn, especially as viewed from the main street.

转过东京市中心的大路、可以马山看到建在基地里的面馆和住宅。店铺的外观采用了日本传统城镇商家设计的木制竖向格栅。竖向格栅的进深连续起来、衍生出来自内部的透光方式的变化感。由此、随着从大路斜向接近它、变化的外观又获得了新的竖向格栅的表情。