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The Kimono Dyer’s House

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Fumihiko Sano studio PHENOMENON  has come up with an innovative solution for their client, a woman who needs space to dye kimonos, and she wanted a sense of security for her suburban Tokyo live/work home.

So the architects designed a house within a house.
It has a stainless steel mesh wrapped over a steel framework that surrounds the house at the perimeter of the lot.

The steel is as light as air and shimmers as the wind causes it to billow in and out.

The shape of this barricade of exterior framing of the airspace around and over and above the house can be better seen at night.

Within this improbable enclosure the Kimono Dyer makes her cozy home.

The main floor houses the spacious studio workroom where she dyes the kimonos.

Next to this workspace is the kitchen.

Upstairs, on the second floor, there is the Tatami room, and the bathroom.

In traditional-style Japanese homes a Tatami room is used for sleeping or meditating. The tatami mat is rolled up and placed under the raised floor when not in use. But in this house, there are three bedrooms in addition to this Tatami room meditating space.

But all around the house there is this shimmering view… a very unique home.