Takeshi Komada, Yuka Komada (Komada architects’ office)

“Takanawadai Terrace” is a conversion of the former Yoshitake Yasumi residence (designed by Yasushi Nagasawa, completed in 1992), known as “Yoshitake House”. It combines an office building-like floor plan with an EV core in the centre with a richness of place that echoes the surrounding environment. The skeletal features of the existing building were utilised to create a four-family residential complex with minimal alterations. We hoped that this project will serve as a model for the optimum re-use of the remaining good residential architecture in urban areas, with a view to maintaining the richness of the urban environment.