Session C: Building a Safe City for Women Workshop 5: The Right to the Safe City for Women

Architecture to Support Working Women

House without a Housewife
and

House for Ever-present Working Mother

The 2nd Metropolis Women International Network Forum October 23, 2009 Yoko Kinoshita Watanabe

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CHIBA 1999

HOUSE WITHOUT A HOUSEWIFE

Husband=Professor of Physics

Wife=Physician

Two daughters=Junior High school, High school

Double Income WITH Kids = Non-Nuclear family

OPEN-STYLE KITCHEN

Tools and utensils are apparent to all, because everyone must take part in cooking.

There is no need to fold the laundry. Simply pull off the clothes from the hanging bars and wear them.

OPEN WARDROBE

wash

dry

fold

put away

put on

LIBRARY

It is a place for enjoying each others company while learning and working.

The second floor is divided into two separate volumes: private rooms on one side and a wardrobe on the other. The rooms are separated by sheer screens from the common spaces.

Library

Room1 Room2 Room3 Bridge

Room4

Common

DOMA Entrance Open wardrobe

Kitchen

1F

2F

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TOKYO 2001
URBAN HOUSE FOR A YOUNG COUPLE

T he family consists of a working c ouple with two small children.

One continual space: the mother can sense what kids are doing.
light light wind wind
Drying Wardrobe

Playing Nursing Room4

Courtyard Drying

Washing Bathing Cleaning

Room3 Sleeping

Cooking

Playing EatingNursing Room2

Room1 Playing Receiving Storage Cleaning

court Room court yard yard 4 Room 2

Room 3

Court yard is olates Room4; yet the void connects Room4 wit h Room2.

Open

wardrobe

for

laundry

and

clothes.

Room1

Room3

Entrance Storage

Room2 Courtyard Room4

Garage

1F

2F

3F

IS
HOKKAIDO 2002
HOUSE WITHOUT A HOUSEWIFE #2

IS was designed for a couple, both practicing physicians, and their elementary school children.

family room kitchen

family room

BUFFER ZONE

BUFFER ZONE

bridge

bedroom family room wardrobe

sunroom

living

utility closet garage

Sunroom

GRANDPARENTS HOUSE

kitchen

bedroom1

utility sunroom closet bridge

bedroom2 family room bedroom3 study wardrobe

entrance

1F

2F

The grand mother n ext door is i n charg e o f general h ousew ork; particularly laundry. Her circulation had been greatly considered.

SHINONOME HOUSING 2005

YURAKUCHO GINZA

SHINONOME HOUSING

1km

3km

5km

ONLY 5KM AWAY FROM GINZA

BLOCK 6 (Motokura, Hori, Yamamoto) BLOCK 4 (Yama Architect) BLOCK 2 (Toyo Ito)

BLOCK 1 (Riken Yamamoto) BLOCK 3 (Kengo Kuma) BLOCK 5 (ADH / WORK STATION) Landscape : studio on site Lighting : Reiko Chikada Lighting Design
Sign : Hiromura Design Office

Shinonome Canal Court,Center Block

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5

Block 6

S-shaped Avenue

Nursery

Duplex

Double Access

photo credits:

FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa Hiroyasu Sakaguchi

Michael Freeman
Nacasa & Partners Inc.