Japanese Architecture

Design-It-Yourself Vertical House for Japan’s Tight Urban Spaces

MUJI, the popular retailer of functional and minimalist household goods, has applied its design aesthetic to the problem of building homes in tight urban spaces, with an award-winning design-it-yourself house product.

The MUJI Vertical House fits on a plot as small as 89 sqm (about xxx square feet).
The MUJI Vertical House fits on a plot as small as 89.43 sqm (about 963 square feet).

MUJI’s Vertical House (Tate no Ie, 縦の家) is designed to be configured by buyers to suit their individual living style and needs, but the dimensions of the most basic plan measure only 3.64m by 8.19m (11.9 feet by 26.8 feet) and is meant to fit on a 89.43 square meter (about 963 square feet) plot of land. This basic configuration costs 23,530,000yen (about $197,000 at today’s exchange rate).

The house is a slim, three-story building with an open floor plan and no interior walls or doors. The split levels and lack of walls promote air circulation and natural movement between the different modules.

 

This configuration of the MUJI vertical house places "children at the center" of the living space and measures 3.64m x 8.19m.
This configuration of the MUJI vertical house places “children at the center” of the living space and measures 3.64m x 8.19m. Source: MUJI.

 

Source: MUJI
Source: MUJI

 

The MUJI Vertical House has no interior walls or doors. Source: MUJI
The MUJI Vertical House has no interior walls or doors. Source: MUJI

Not surprisingly, the whole house reflects MUJI’s elegant and functional design aesthetic, and is meant to complement the company’s offerings of furniture and household goods.

The MUJI Vertical House received a 2014 Good Design Award from the Japan Institute for Design Promotion.

Source: MUJI
Source: MUJI

 

Source: MUJI
Source: MUJI
Source: MUJI
Source: MUJI

 

MUJI House Bedroom
MUJI Vertical House master bedroom. Source: MUJI

5 thoughts on "Design-It-Yourself Vertical House for Japan’s Tight Urban Spaces"

Myloview

Love this hose! I would love to have such a house 🙂
https://myloview.com

Andrew Sheldon

A bit expensive given the ‘sparse’ provisions.

Zupamum

I love the minimalist feel and clean lines, I feel so cluttered where I live now, this is a breath of fresh air to me!

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