Bending The Lines

Kazuyo Sejima has done an awesome job here breaking the rules of straight lines and walls to create a space that provides comfortable living in the midst of cluttered Yokohama, Japan. This article is found in the June 2009 issue of Metropolis. I love the idea of sacrificing a bit of square footage for the better of the community that will occupy this apartment building. It allows the occupants to escape the busy world around them and come to a place of rest where the only thing outside their window is not the air ducts of the next door apartment building. Instead these residences supply a series of terraces and gardens interwoven into a non-traditional layout that bends the lines to promote community and comfortable living.