Emoto Apartment Building: Photographs of sketches

01/02/1986

Design Process, Drawing

Alternative sketches of the Emoto apartment building site plan; the first fails, while the second succeeds to create a harmonious space and volume in relationship to the adjacent streets.

Photograph:

1) First sketch of site plan, not implemented
2) Final sketch of site plan, as implemented
3) Ground floor plan

Content of

Project 1 Items

Emoto Apartment Building 1986 to 1989

Tokyo, Japan

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1989

An apartment building laid out to enhance the two streets of the Komagone neighborhood, not far from downtown Tokyo. The site is surrounded with large buildings, and a local neighborhood behind, with lower buildings and much narrower streets. It is ...

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site

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