House Around the Corner in Kugahara / some ( ) + Tezzo Nishizawa Architects

A house on a corner lot in Ota, Tokyo . The site was subdivided from a family estate, placing the new home at its south-western corner. Against the Tokyo convention of turning a blank wall to the neighbors, the design opens a garden toward the adjacent properties — bringing light and air into the block's interior. The angle between the interior grid and the facade generates a series of triangular