00:02A small house is similar to a boat. Ever since I was a child, I have longed to live in
00:10a camper
00:11or on a ship. Ships are designed to live comfortably in a small space. The actual
00:21fastening devices used are the same as those used on a sailboat. My name is Zajuwo, and I am an
00:32artist and
00:33architect. I live in this house with my wife and three children.
00:48The house is located in Zenfuku-ji, Tokyo. This place is located where there are many
00:56manga artists and artists. The neighborhood is residential. I want to make the house
01:05appear in a simple white box. When a child imagines the house, it looks like a pentagon
01:11shape, so that's how I want it. Our family love to camp outdoors, so we wanted a house
01:20where we could live under a blue sky. New houses in this area are required to comply
01:30with strict size regulations. In order to get around this restriction, I decided not
01:37to have a roof over the living room and turned that part of the house into a courtyard. On
01:43the lower floor, inside the sliding glass door is the kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. A staircase
01:52leads up to the upper floor, which contains study, bedroom, and balconies.
02:07Japanese entrances are generally small and always get crowded when everybody's living at once. So, we
02:16combine the entrance with the living room, so when you enter the house, you are in a large open area.
02:24A small line on the ground separates the entrance from the living room. There is a drainage along
02:30the edge for the rain. By the entrance, storage holds coats, shoes, and other items. We also have
02:40storage behind the steel door to hide items we don't want to show, like vacuum cleaners or cleaning items.
02:53The living room has located just inside the front door and has no roof. The floor is concrete, which is
03:02great for both indoor and outdoor use.
03:09I wanted the walls. I wanted the walls to be lined with fun colors. The living room also has a
03:16large glass door to protect my TV and piano from the weather.
03:22Besides the piano and TV, there is a storage for household items.
03:29I prefer to have my sinks lined up on the walls because they are more interesting to me.
03:36We choose our furniture from camping goods, so you can move it quick and it's okay with the rain when
03:43it's wet.
03:44Things that we don't want to get wet, we put it on the side. In the summer with the top
03:50on, the cool air from the air conditioners keeps living room cool.
03:55The living room gets cold in winter, so we added heated floors in this area. It uses hot water to
04:03heat the ground and it feels great on the barefoot.
04:07The dining room and kitchen are indoors. There's a large sliding glass doors that open to create a united space
04:15with the living room.
04:20The kitchen is L-shaped with a ceramic top.
04:26On one side, there is a stainless steel sink, a gas cooktop, a stainless steel range hood, and a fish
04:35grill.
04:38On the other side, there is lots of open storage for kitchen items and lots of space to prepare meals.
04:46We added yellow doors to hide away less attractive items. We also use the space under the stairs.
04:56In the center of the kitchen, there's a large dining table which is needed for a family of five.
05:05We added three pendant lights above which can be turned on individually with switches on the cord.
05:13To save table space, we hang our Bluetooth speakers above the table.
05:19This speaker outputs the audio from the TV on the other side of the living room.
05:27The bathroom is on the lower floor on the other side of the kitchen.
05:30With the five people using the bathroom in the mornings, it makes sense to have the vanity separate from the
05:37bathroom so we can all use them at once.
05:43The toilet was positioned under the stairs to maximize space.
05:50The laundry room has washer and separate dryer above.
05:56This room serves multiple purposes.
05:59It's a place to wash clothes, a place to store clothes, and also we can change after you take a
06:05bath.
06:08The bathroom is typical of Japanese wet rooms.
06:12There is a space to sit or stand for a shower and also bath tub.
06:18The bath tub faces the courtyard with a window that looks out to the entrance and living rooms.
06:24When the weather is nice, the sun comes from the open roof into the bath tub.
06:30In privacy is needed, there is a curtain that can be used.
06:36At the end of the stairs on the upper floor, there is another toilet.
06:41Even though the house is small, we needed to have two toilets for five persons.
06:47The upper floor toilet has a custom door that also doubles as the door to the upper floor.
06:55There is a small office and entertainment area where my wife works during the day.
07:02And the children watch TV and play switch when they finish school.
07:10In the corner of this space, there is a small study for me.
07:14It is only about one square meter.
07:16I fill it with shelves and desks and it is my little sanctuary where I draw and create.
07:25In the evenings, my wife and I lay futon here.
07:29And this becomes our bedroom.
07:32It may be a bit strange for people outside of Japan,
07:36but sleeping on futon on the floor is very common in Japan.
07:40It allows us to have rooms that provide multiple functions.
07:47The kids' bedroom is on the other side of the upper floor.
07:52They sleep in the loft above and share a large desk.
07:56The large windows bring lots of natural light into the study and bedroom rooms.
08:03We added a lot of storage for books, toys, and household items.
08:09Maximizing wall space and height.
08:12The bookshelf in the bedroom becomes the stairs for the kids to climb up onto the loft.
08:19There are three windows here.
08:20And in the future, we will divide this space into three separate rooms.
08:25So the children have a bit more privacy.
08:32From the kids' bedroom, there is access to some storage above the study.
08:39There is access to balcony that wraps around the open roof.
08:42We added the same glass storage from the entrance up here for our clothes.
08:49I even set up a small desk on the balcony.
08:51So I have a place to paint and not worry if I make a mess.
08:58This is also where we can open and close the roof.
09:09The neighborhood is residential.
09:11It is a great place for a family.
09:13With a large park, schools, and shops within walking distance.
09:19To being my own client, I can do anything like no roof.
09:24So that was cool.
09:25So now I have this example so that I can show to other clients.
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