Parabola house in Tokyo from Yasuhiro Yamashita

The house was built in a quiet residential area of ​​Tokyo on a narrow and long plot. The width of the house of 6 meters, length – 27. The house is raised by 3 meters above ground level, so that on clear days magnificent views of Mount Fuji.

The family spends the bulk of the customer of the day in the living room, this room is located on the top floor, which allows you to enjoy the view. Minimalistic design and parabolic second-floor ceiling are the hallmarks of the building. Spot colors contrast with the wavy white surroundings, making the area more dynamic.

This “three-dimensional” ceiling height level which varies throughout the floor, causing conflicting feelings of “tension” and “relaxed” and gives the impression of limitless space. Thus, even when considering a room with a fixed position, changes in surfaces evoke the feeling of movement that leads the observer unconsciously right through and beyond the room, creating an impression of infinite space.

Usually the floors and walls delineate the boundaries of interior space, but in this house that the function of the parabolic ceiling.