Seijo Townhouse | Sejima & Associates | 2007 Like on a board game, similar volumes are placed in relation to one another on a field, either linked at the corners or shifted away from each other. Complex and highly varied apartments, most occupying one room per volume, are created on four levels. Each apartment stretches horizontally and vertically across several volumes, forming a spatial continuum in the interior without its boundaries being recognizable from the outside. Thus there is an ambivalence as to whether the complex is a single large structure with apartments or a collection of individual houses. Up to four volumes are linked on one level, where the narrow passages at the interfaces without doors mark the transitions. As a result of the rightangled arrangement, the buildings frame intimate courtyards of similar size, which are treated as part of the spatial patchwork. Stairs usually connect to another room in the levels above and below, either providing an entrance into the apartment or leading to a quieter space. The interlocking creates different spatial scenarios, which inspire interpretations of one’s own. Light and air flow in from alternating sides, the path through the apartment and the view leads to ever different yet similar exterior spaces. Every apartment has its own garden or a roof terrace. Although the gardens are separated, they remain readable as a continuous area. This creates a complex spatial configuration in which the living environments of the residents overlap.
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