Yuichi Yoshida reorganises Tokyo apartment to create temporary accommodation

Wooden doors slide back to reveal a bed on a platform of pigeon-hole style storage drawers. At the opposite end of the living space, a   stretch of wooden   cabinets lines the   narrow kitchen, which has stainless steel surfaces and high-level shelving units suspended from the concrete ceiling on tubular metal rods. A wooden box built in the centre of the living space encloses the property’s only bedroom, and creates a narrow alcove for a galley kitchen to one side and an entrance hall to the other. Photography is by Katsumi Hirabayashi. Project   credits:
Architects: Yuichi Yoshida Associates
Architect-in-charge: Yuichi Yoshida, Satoru Ando
Produce: Suma-Saga-Fudosan Inc. The client hopes   that the subdivision of the space, which allows it to be used as both a residence and work   space, will also help to increase the resale value. A ledge above the runners for the sliding door mechanism is used as an additional display and storage area. Yuichi Yoshida   Associates   modified the   47.55-square-metre apartment to create temporary living space   for a client who plans to resell or rent the apartment after a period of 5-10 years. Related story: Karin Matz leaves unfinished plaster walls in renovated Stockholm apartmentThe architects re-arranged   the open-plan space to section off a bedroom while maintaining a large living space, in a project named Tsukiji Room H. Dabs of plaster pattern   the raw concrete surfaces in this   Tokyo bedsit   partially renovated by local architects Yuichi Yoshida Associates as a short-term living space (+ slideshow). A hammock is strung from the ceiling on   metal hooks by a set of glazed doors   that opens onto a terrace. Behind the bedroom a compact   bathroom has white painted walls, a bare concrete floor and white fittings. Floor plan –   click for larger imageSection one –   click for larger imageSection two – click for larger image