Situated in a suburban neighborhood of Chiba Prefecture, the client seeks to explore the development potential of an vacant land by complying local planning regulation and building codes.

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This is a tenant building to which each floor is intended to lease out for tenants of different usage. (Cafe at ground level; Workshop at first level and Private 1LDK unit at the second floor). Both upper floors are accessible through a dedicated staircase segregated from the ground level.

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Timber construction is considered as the cheaper and readily available option. By designing the structure in a double column sandwiching the primary beam, this technique allows easier construction and connection to the curving roof while minimizing unnecessary off site pre-fabrications.

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The curving roof is a result of the statutory controls, in order to maintain necessarily adequate solar access for each floors, the building adapt a shorter roof to form parts of first floor ceiling and longer roof provide sheltering at ground level and window opening for second floor.