Everyone Was Laughing At His Tiny House, Until They Went Inside

This small house with a triangular floor plan sits on a narrow sliver of lot wedged between a road and a river channel in west Tokyo. Designing the house for a couple and their young daughter, Mizioshi Architect Atelier maximized the interior space by pushing the walls and roof to the limits of the permitted building envelope.

Still, the house has only 55.2 m2 (595 ft2) of floor space over two floors, plus a mezzanine loft. The interior appears larger than that though, thanks to sightlines that extend the length of the house and spaces that borrow from adjacent spaces.

The reverse floor plan puts the main living space high enough to have a view over the raised walkway alongside the river channel.

The upper floor child's bedroom is barely big enough for a bed but it does have access to the large mezzanine loft that could be used for sleeping.

Would you live in such a sweet home?
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Janice Falconer
10 months ago
Oh wow!!! This really is a Tardis, and I think it's incredible and beautiful and practical. I'd LOVE this for my own.
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