Apartment in Uehara / ULTRA STUDIO

Text description offered by the architects. Tokyo’s streetscape is commonly criticized—or praised—for its lack of uniformity, as arbitrary buildings crowd every particular person plot. This chaotic high quality is regularly cited as the town’s defining function. Yet when seen as an entire, it reveals a surprisingly homogeneous, generic panorama devoid of clear intent—an limitless expanse of white, grey, beige, and brown constructions. For occasion, although its origins stay obscure, concrete clad in beige tile has change into the usual facade for Tokyo house buildings. It is unclear when this surroundings first emerged, however for us, it has merely change into a “natural” presence, all the time already there. Can we re-evaluate and replace this panorama the place wild freedom and banality coexist? This query lies on the coronary heart of our challenge.