Japanese Homes

The book Japanese Homes provides an overview of contemporary Japanese homes, where functionality and spirituality go hand in hand, and shows how design both creates and influences the experience of the home. The aim is to understand and rethink Japanese housing culture through various architectural projects.

Life in Japan – and thus also the culture of living – moves between two very contrasting poles: on the one hand, the tranquility of rural life, surrounded by the sounds of nature, with tatami mats, sliding doors and engawa wooden verandas; and on the other, the hectic dynamics of big cities with minimalist townhouses on narrow plots and sophisticated micro-apartments.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary Japanese residential architecture, offering unique insights into the principles that make it so special, and showing how living spaces are not only designed but also experienced. The selected projects invite you to understand and rethink the essence of Japanese ways of living.