N House by Jun Aoki

N is the latest from Tokyo architect Jun Aoki, this two-story block adorned with a pitched roof, brick chimney and mullioned windows greets the street amiably. But the heart of the house is a cavernous, underground box completely sequestered from view. While the iconographic upstairs contains just bedrooms, the buried inner sanctum downstairs holds the combined kitchen, dining and living room.

Wrapped with filmy white material, giant, rectangular lanterns suspended from the ceiling illuminate the two main seating areas.

While the individual bedrooms are cozy, compact and carefully fitted out with carpet and closets, the 4.4-metre high, shared space is finished simply in white paint and practically devoid of any scale-giving details. Though it reads as a single room, built-in cabinetry and freestanding partitions delineate cooking, eating, studying and entertainment zones.

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