MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
Anna Nakamura and Tajyo Jinno of the Japanese practice EASTERN Design Office have realised this elevated, single-storey building located in Gojo, Kyoto Prefecture. Designed to accommodate a local craftsman, the MON Factory/House features a perforated, overlapping façade and encompasses both work and living spaces, two courtyards as well as a small shop situated at the front of the house.
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
About the project:
‘The site is located in Gojo, Kyoto. It is in a block of the typical division of a traditional residential area in Kyoto. The site faces the busy street of 4m in width on the west side. The backside of the high-rise buildings of 45m line up on the east side of the site. The neighbor houses are closely built in the south and the north of the site. The arrangement of the spaces from the street side to the back is in such an order as “inside – outside – inside – outside – inside”. This clear arrangement works mutually and intermediately to unify the whole architecture. ’
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
‘The street front space is the workshop for the crest making. The middle space is the living room. And the backspace is the bedroom. The gaps between those three spaces are designed as “void”.
People circulate around those two voids. Many circular holes are made for the place where people wander. The light passes through 26 holes which are lined up on a cross shape. The workshop area and the living area are separated and also connected, it is quiet, and also busy. ’
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
MON Factory/House by EASTERN Design Office; photo by Kouichi Torimura
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