Fascinating Japanese Cell Brick House

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Japanese Cell Brick Home is the latest design from Japanese Architect Yasuhiro Yamashita. After the amazing design from his Lucky Drops micro-house, He make some extraordinary micro house design again. This time he came with Cell Brick Home, Its built from a series of steel boxes that are stacked like bricks and extended through the interior to provide endless shelving.

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With tiny lot that not much wider than the crosswalk become the foundation for this two floor home with a basement and creates a hypnotic interior that is a joy in form and function. The windows set into the wall’s grid are simply spaces between the boxes.

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The home’s walls consist of a series of a boxes measuring 900mm wide × 450mm high × 300mm deep that are bolted together, providing a solid support system in this earthquake region. Between each horizontal box, there is a small window that provides diffuse light from the surrounding city while maintaining privacy.

The home’s interior spaciousness is enhanced by a well-lit visual grid that creates tremendous depth. Mean while, the exterior is clad in low-maintenance ceramic tile, which enhances its thermal performance and helps to insulate the interior from the noise of the street.

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This fascinating micro house also consist by a kitchen, living room and bedroom on the main floor, a small basement, an upper floor, and a roof deck complete the floor plan. The design is a fascinating example of the micro home movement in Japan that was bred from prohibitively expensive land prices.

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The money saved by building on such a small lot was used to create a unique and powerful vision instead.

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source : inhabitat, squarespace