38㎡の賃貸マンションの改修工事。
窓から見える近くの木々、遠くに見える都心の高層ビル群を部屋のどこからでも見える空間にすることといらないものを省いていく計画を提案した。
残した物は押し入れ、台所、水回り（衛生機器はすべて取り替え）、それと畳。
この畳という物差しで35㎡を広く感じられるのではないだろうか。
照明は部屋を区切らないように斜めに配置した。
部屋を広くするために壁、床、天井を省いていくと、凹凸が激しいコンクリートスラブが現れたので、モルタルで埋めて平らな床とした。
モルタルを選んだのはこの家を借りるであろう30歳前後の人にとって、畳と同様に馴染みのある素材であるということと、それぞれの素材がつくる生活スタイルに対応できる賃貸にしたかったから。
新たに付け加えた色として、配管隠しの蓋に塗った鉄の赤錆色は、錆び止めという性質と和色であるという理由で選んだ。
This is the renovation of 38㎡ rental apartments.
I suggested a plan which removes all unnecessary objects to make space to see nearby trees and the distant skyscrapers of downtown through the window.
“Oshi-ire*,” kitchen, lavatory, and tatami were kept in the same place. (These items were all replaced with new equipment.) *Oshi-ire: a Traditional Japanese closet.
We created an ample open space without walls but contrasted by keeping the small “Tatami” area.
This small Tatami room would also feel much more than its size compared with this ample open space.
We arranged the lights diagonally not to feel a separation between the rooms.
To create a spacious feeling, we removed the surface of the walls, flooring, and ceiling. As a result, the rough concrete slab shows from beneath the flooring; we filled this with mortar to make it evenly flat.
The first reason for using mortar was that mortar is as familiar as a Tatami mat to anyone around 30 years old.
The second reason was that we wanted them to lead a comfortable life blended with these materials in this room.
And, we added color, the color of iron rust. It has the function of rust prevention, and the color carries a traditional Japanese mood.
There are no doors for the bedroom or walk-in closet.
These walls and ceiling have an unfinished look, and I leave it to the tenant’s taste as to how to utilize these rooms.
In the evening, the bedroom light casts long decorative shadows from the rafters and surrounding frame.
Design_TANK (Naritake Fukumoto)
Construction_TANK (Hiroyuki Nakatsuka)
Pruducer_NENGO
Photography_Y.DEGUCHI
Location_Shinagawaku,Tokyo, Japan
2013.06