#Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier

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Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier’s (MHAA) Tokyo-based ‘Team Living House’ puts the family at the forefront of every interaction within this renovated apartment. While most homes are divided to create both private and shared spaces, MHAA’s design sets out to do the opposite by gathering the family together as much as possible. An offhand comment by the homeowner that they “want to spend a brilliant time together nowhere else but in their house” led MHAA towards finding a way to bring both the family’s and individual’s personalities out into a shared space. 

On the strong philosophy behind the design, architect Masatoshi Hirai explains: “Family is another personality of one’s life. I would like to come and go freely between two subjects, me and my family, just like ironing my shirts while paying attention to children, gathering and having dinner all at once, humming after a song sung in another room, talking to someone lying down on a same floor, and so on. This is a value of Team Living, I believe.” 

To create a home that brings the family closer together, the rooms are organised by function. Each occupant’s desk is placed into a shared study and work space, while the beds rest in one large bedroom. Worried about the lack of family-life many experience living in a metropolis such as Tokyo, MHAA produced this wide-open floor plan to create a constant flow of interactions and greater connection. 

Images: Takumi Ota, via Archdaily.

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Team Living House by Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier

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Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier. Team Living House. Tokyo. Japan. photos: Takumi Ota

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Team Living House by Masatoshi Hirai Architects Atelier.