House and Studio in Kyoto / Tato Architects

This is a combined studio and residence for a couple of ceramic artists, located in a commercial district in central Kyoto , where the surroundings are already being rebuilt into dense mid- and high-rise blocks. Since the clients create large ceramic works, they asked us to secure as much space as possible for a studio at ground level. The site is a typical unagi no nedoko ("eel's bed") — a narrow