MORIYAMA HOUSE

CONTENTS

01 Introduction: A Site with Scattering White Boxes 3

02 Spatial linkage between the House and the city 4

03 Scattering White Boxes 5

04 Interlocution between Interior and Exterior of the White Boxes 7

05 Negotiation of privacy and public in communal space 13

06 Long Term consideration on the Scattering Structure of Moriyama House 19

07 Conclusion 20

08 References 21
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 Introduction: A Site with
Scattering White Boxes
Located in the metropolitan area of Tokyo, Moriyama 
House is designed by architect Ryue Nishizawa and
constructed in 20041. Its site area, built area and total
floor area is 289.56 square metres, 117 square metres
and 345 square metres respectively 2 . Having the
space structure of scattering the rooms within the site,
Moriyama House consists of 10 white boxes of rooms, 
including five  living rooms, three bedrooms, five
bathrooms, three study rooms, two dining kitchens and
one annex(Fig 1.2), which is in residential use for an
owner and several tenants3. The size and dimension of
the white boxes varies, which individual characteristics
are shown to  accommodate different daily needs of the
tenants 4.
Plan of all floors of the white boxes(Fig 1.2)

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 Spatial Linkage between the House
and the City:
Duplication of Neighbourhood
Mor iyama House a nd its su r rou nd i ng
buildings(Fig 2.1)

Moriyama House is described as ef fe c t t owa r d s t he i nd iv idu a l

the natural link to the evolving building(Fig2.5) 8 . Cohesion and
city fabric 5 , since the community inclusiveness in the community
features nearby have been taken i s t he r e fo r e e n h a n c e d by t he
into account during the design plain and simple colour tone and
process.  building appearance chosen for the
Moriyama House.
While a large area covered, the
House could be considered as indi-
vidual boxes with a sense of old To-
kyo city and compartment charac-
teristics as surrounding buildings-
double or triple-stories apartment
Moriyama House’s positioning in the nearby with little space in between6( fig2.1;
community(Fig2.2) 2.2; 2.3）. Natural space expan-
sion also performed in the House,
which is a commonplace practice
of the neighbouring buildings and
areas. Similarities with the nearby
buildings are preserved in the con-
struction of Moriyama House. 7 The
characteristics of being a miniature
of urban environments are observed
from Moriyama House.

However, there are also deliberate

violations with the surrounding
community. As observed from the
nea rby commu n ity, the desig n
style of the buildings tend to be
i ntrover ted a nd close - of f f rom
o t he r s e t t i n g s , i n c lud i n g t he
neighbourhood, the street where it
locates, nature as well as the city,
Un favou rable c ommu n it y featu re:
which is resulting in an isolating  introverted design of buildings (fig 2.5)
Multi-storey structure of Moriyama House
(Fig 2.3)
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Irregular Positioning and Various
Dimensions of W hite Boxes with
Different Types of Window

Scattering arrangement of the white boxes (Fig3.1)

The scattering pattern of the 10 larity as well. The 10 white boxes

white boxes are irregular. The in Moriyama House are of different
dimension and size of the boxes dimensions and different heights10
vary as well, creating gardens and (Fig 3.2). 
alleyways in between shown in the
plan (Fig3.1 ). 

As Nishizawa emphasised in this

desig n, “ R oads cr isscross in a
vaguely haphazard way to produce
a strange pattern, neither entire-
ly random nor grid-like.” 9 With
irregular arrangement made, the Different dimensions and different heights
alleyways tend to result in irregu- of the white boxes (Fig3.2)

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The  gardens and alleyways are relationships between the white
leading to different house types boxes and  the courtyards.13
i nclud i ng t r iple - st or ie s hou s e
(Building D in Fig. 3.3 ), square Other than the casement windows
house half buried below ground applied in the first floors and the
(Building F in Fig. 3.3 ), house second floors, 5 rotation windows
w ith extremely h igh cei l i ng are used in the second and the third
(Building E in Fig. 3.3) as well as floors（fig 3.4). Windows serve as a
a house surrounded by a garden function as Nishizawa mentioned-
on 4 sides ( Bu i ld i ng B i n F ig. ‘break the boxes’, so as to avoid the
3.3)11 . Differences in box height sense as if the House is composed of
en h a nc e va r i at ion w it h i n t he hermetic box-like volumes.14 Size of
site12 . W hile the differences in the windows are varying, by avoid-
height and positioning are creating ing mere duplications, together with
visual interlacing and diversity of different opening angles created,
scaling, which  not only perform innovative elements are included in
different functions to serve tenants’ the whole design.
daily life but also lead to varying
As Nishisawa mentioned, with the
House’s special ratio and individu-
ality, the construction of Moriyama
House is creating a different envi-
ronment and scenery for the nearby
community15, enhancing the unique-
ness and aestheticism of the city.

Casement windows and rotation windows

(Fig 3.4)

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 Blending of Interior and Exterior in
the Transparent and Thin Boxes

Gardens and alleyways in Moriyama House (Fig 4.1)

While scattering structure contributes much to make tenants’ living area

and nature closer, the lifestyle of focusing outside including the natural
environment is emphasised in Moriyama House. Similar to the lifestyle
within a village, community life instead of private interior is encouraged. 16

The communal space garden and alleyways serve as a function in linking

all the white boxes together to create a complete picture of the whole archi-
tecture17(fig 4.1). Mentioned by Nishizawa, “The already fragmented fabric
of the context is repeated on an even smaller scale and the remaining space
has been transformed into common space”. 18

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Gardens surrounding the white boxes (Fig 4.2)

Alleyways surrounding the white boxes (Croquis another P292 .fig 4.3) Indoor and outdoor interactive space: continuity

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 Garden: continuity between the interior and the exterior(Fig Common area: continuity between the interior and the exterior (Fig 4.5)
4.4)

Other than that between the white

boxes and the garden, continuity
between the white boxes and the
alley ways is also emphasised,
which is carrying the expectation
of Nishizawa towards Japanese
urban image19 , and people’s life-
style within Tokyo as well as the
entire Japan. One of the details
demonstrating this idea will be
the arrangement of gardens and
alleyways surrounding the white
boxes20(fig 4.2; 4.3). Nishizawa be-
lieved that living areas in Tokyo
should contain the continuity be-
tween the interior and the exterior,
but not limiting human activities
in private interior space 21 . (fig
4.4;4.5;4.6) 

between the interior and the exterior (Fig 4.6)

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Engawa: traditional Japanese architecture (Fig 4.7)

Similar concept of Engawa, which together with the 1 metre between

is an area in traditional Japanese the f loor of the living room and
a rch itectu re, is appl ied to the the ground, an area for tenants to
Moriyama house ( F ig4.7 ). As a sit beside the window is created,
space f iltering the outside and and the sitting position and vision
the inside, Engawa does have its towards the outside of the box of the
symbolic meaning on harmonising tenants is similar to the gesture
human activity areas and nature. and practice of people who are
The distinction between interior sitting in an Engawa (Fig4.8 ). A
and exterior therefore becomes similar function is served- allowing
minimal under this setting. While and encouraging tenants to enjoy
some sliding doors are built in the exterior garden and the natural
b e t we e n t he l i v i n g r o om a nd environment.
the garden in Moriyama House,

Sliding door area which has a similar to the concept of Engawa (Fig 4.8) 10
Wall materials, including steel plates, timber joists, and gypsum boards (Fig 4.10)

T he desig n of thin walls is

weakening the separation between
t he i nt er ior a nd t he ex t er ior.
Walls in the Moriyama House are
85millimeter thick, and the load-
bearing walls are 60millimeter
thick (Fig 4.9). 22 While this design
is not common, these thin walls
reduce the distance between the
interior and the exterior natural
environment. Since no concrete is
applied in the construction of the
walls, materials including steel
plates, timber joists, and gypsum
boards ( fig 4.10) were compacted
t ogether t o form a mu lti-layer
wa l l str uctu re, demonstrati ng
the effect of closer environment-
people relationship and at the same
time ensuring the safety of the
building.23

Transparency is one of the iconic

features of the house, contributing
to the interlocution between interior
and exterior. Glasses are used
frequently in the building, including
a large number of windows and
Thin walls structure applied(Fig.4.9)
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 Green lines: building structure; Blue lines: building envelope, which are mainly glasses ( Fig4.11)
glass doors with great scales. The building envelopes are mainly glasses
and nearly half of all the walls are glasses (Fig 4.11). As an example
the corridor in between two blocks is entirely made up of three pieces
of glasses, which makes the whole corridor transparent(fig 4.12). The
universal and strategic use of glass offers a clear view between inside and
outside as well as between the blocks(fig 4.13). The demarcation between
interior and exterior is highly blurred under the transparency of the boxes.  

With features of scattering boxes, Engawa, significant thin walls and

transparency is demonstrated in Moriyama House, it weakens the
relationship between interior and exterior ultimately.

Transparent corridor in between two boxes ( A clear view between inside and outside and that between the boxes ( Fig 4.13)
Fig 4.12)
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Negotiation of Privacy and Public in
Communal Transparent Boxes with
Absent Borders

Moriyama house, a territory de- ple in groups naturally in Moriya-

signed for a live-in property owner ma House, which can be embodied
and several tenants 24, pays atten- either in the garden and alleyways
tion to providing a friendly co-living between the box units, or inside the
environment with privacy for the communal rooms, including dining
inhabitants. Nishizawa came up room and study room(fig5.1; 5.2;
with a concept that gathering peo- 5.3). 25

Communal dining room (Fig5.1)

Communal kitchen and dining room(Fig5.2)

Communal study room (Fig5.3)
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Incongruous distributions of 10 box as illustrated in Ryue Nishizawa’s
units create interlocking space with words,  “in an age of nonphysical
appropriate scales for social occa- communication by various means, it
sions.26 is the job of the architect to provide
). Habitants are able to have di- real spaces for direct communica-
rect communication either at these tion between people.” 29 Moriyama
intermediate gardens with great house is more than a communal
enough space (fig5.4)or on a 20 house, it raises the awareness of
square meters public rooftop ter- people regarding the importance
race.(fig.5.5) 27 In addition, various and implementation of physical in-
and indeterminate thresholds and teraction in this network era. 30
short, bright alleyways among the
individual blocks provide casual The scattering white boxes are
gathering opportunities(fig5.6) for s i m i l a r t o s e v e r a l i nd i v idu a l
the inhabitants as well28 Interaction apartments with their own gardens
and common spaces are one of the and configuration.31 Though being
key features of Moriyama House in the same site, each white box
is still apart from one another,
the individuality and privacy in
the rental rooms could still be
preserved32. Interior common areas
and private spaces are div ided
clearly, for example the dining
rooms and the bedrooms are not
located in the same box(fig5.7),
protecting tenants’ privacy with this
arrangement.33

Intermediate garden(Fig 5.4)

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20 square metres public rooftop terrace (Fig Intermediate garden(Fig 5.4)
5.5)
Exterior area without border ( Fig 5.8)

View from the street: exterior area without border (Fig 5.9)

However, the traditional definition way is to strategically arrange the di-

of privacy is likely to be challenged rection of the windows, avoiding the
when considering a great number of window facing opposite directly to
large glass windows (figure)and a another to the greatest extent.35Con-
lack of borders among the exterior sidering the three floors above and
gathering area 34 (fig5.8; 5.9). There on the ground without the basement,
are two ways to improve privacy. One the blue arrows show that these win-
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 Second floor: windows of bedrooms are not in direct opposition Second floor: windows of bedrooms are not in direct opposition to
to others (Fig5.10) others (Fig5.11)

First floor: windows of bedrooms are not in direct opposition to others (Fig5.12) First floor: windows of bedrooms
are not in direct opposition to others
(Fig5.13）

dows of bedrooms are not opposite on the ground floor, showing that high position, people in the boxes
directly to others especially for the the window of these private rooms or buildings nearby will be able to
most private bedrooms’ windows are opposite to others(f ig5.14; see the user inside the bathroom
(figure5.10; 5.11;  5.12; 5.13), while 5.15).  In addition, considering (figure 5.19). 
there are some inevitable cases, the case that even if the windows    
which revealed by the red arrows of a bathroom are arranged in a

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Ground floor: red arrows show windows are in direct opposition to others while blue arrows show not (Fig5.14)

Ground floor: windows are in direct opposition to others,though the height of Bathroom’s window exposing private activity 17
them are not same (Fig5.15)
Providing curtains for the win- Other difficulties regarding the pro- space but considering the privacy
dows seems to be a supplement to tection of privacy for exterior areas extremely, blurs the demarcation
prevent exposing private activities are also raised. Though the white between public and privacy when
to the strangers as well as the boxes are hiding most of the envi- it is placed among the garden. 38 (-
residents(fig5.16). However, soft ronment in the site, there are some fig5.24) In Moriyama house, either
and moveable curtains probably do exception cases due to the irregular private or public space is no longer
not give the inhabitants a strong arrangements. Not only can others a certain definition for human life.
sense of privacy. For instance, the outside the building be able to look
independent bathroom among the in easily when they are standing
garden, providing a curtain whose outside of the street or in the neigh-
size is great enough to block out bouring buildings, they could also
the sight of others, still provokes directly get into the gardens and
the users into a sense of uneasy(- alleyways if they deliberate doing
fig5.17).  so(fig 5.22, 5.23).

Considering the exterior space The composition of unevenly dis-

without borders, which is not open tributed white boxes is presenting
for the neighbor and visitor unless an ambiguous relationship between
given permission to do so, Nishi- public and privacy. 37The bathroom
zawa arranged these boxes with on the ground, which is a public
a rectangular geometry and sur-
rounded the intermediate gardens
with box units, avoiding intruding
sights from the streets and provid-
ing a visual protector for residents’
social activity.36 (fig 5.20; 5.21) 

Visual protectors for gardens and roof Bathroom among the garden is blurring the
terrace lotus (Fig5.21) demarcation between public and privacy.
(Fig 5.24)

Curtains provided to prevent exposure of

private activities(Fig 5.16)

Visual protectors for gardens and roof terrace (Fig5.20)

Sense of uneasy aroused due to the 18

bathroom among the garden (Fig5.17)
Flexible boxes: Long Term Economic
and Lifestyle Consideration

The scattering structure allows the increasingly high inheritance

Moriyama House to reserve its taxes in Japan, div ision of the
contour line during separation architecture is easier under this
and expansion. It contributes to design and the tax burden could be
the continuity of urban and city much reduced eventually. 43
d e v e l o pme nt , a c c om m o d at i n g At the same time, selling part of the
different scales of redevelopment housing without tearing down the
that may take place in the future whole property is also an available
(Fig. 6.1). 39 choice. 44

A long-term economic benefit for The uses and functions of each

house owners is resulting as well. r o om c ou ld b e de c ide d by t he
The strategy chosen in scattering tenants, and the functions could
boxes instead of combining all a l s o b e ch a nge d f r om t i me t o
rooms with different functions t i me, creat i ng p ossibi l it ies t o
together in Moriyama House is enjoy various kinds of lifestyles
beneficial to the posterity of the according to different seasons and
house ow ner. 4 0 I n Japa n , the circumstances.45Nishizawa believed
inheritance taxes rate is high (10%- that f lexibility within the house
55%).41 If people are unable to pay, should also be paid attention to, a
they may have to break down the fixed lifestyle is not appreciated by
property to sell it.42 While facing him.

Redevelopment possibilities that could be accommodated by scattering boxes ( Fig 6.1)

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Conclusion

With the featu re of scatter ing of the disadvantages are raised,

wh it e boxes , Mor iya ma House including applying a design with
performs its spatial linkage and large windows in population-dense
contribution towards Tokyo. Under metropolitan which may expose
emphasisi ng the a rch itectu ra l pr ivacy of t ena nts, Nish i zawa
style of plain and transparent, is trying and eager to break the
tenants’ privacy and long-term social norm and common concepts
s o c i a l c on siderat ion s a r e a ls o regarding privacy, like designing
taken into account in Nishizawa’s a bathroom in the middle of the
design. Through building a closer garden. The first design step of
r e l at i o n s h ip b e t we e n pr i v at e Moriyama House is including itself
interior and nature, as well as to the nearby community, which
enc ou r a g i n g i nt er ac t ion s a nd at the end the design ends up with
communications between tenants locating in the city with a special
within the House, Nishizawa’s ideal image, redef ining the interior-
city image is shown to the public. exterior relationship and private-
As he mentioned, “I don’t just want public space distinguishing47at the
to propose interiors.” Moriyama same time creating a remarkable
House is a piece of work, proposing and beautiful scene for the whole
Nish i zawa’s u ndersta nd i ng on community48
‘lifestyle’ and ‘city’. 46 Though some

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