MUJI House: design your own life style | muji house jp
Theconceptofthe“one-roomhouse”comesfromthe“SeriesofBox-Houses”designedbyarchitectKazuhikoNamba[1],whoconceiveditin1995asarudimentary,smallboxwithhighefficiencythatcouldfitintovariousurbansettings.Heimaginedthatthecondensed,no-frillsconceptoftheBoxHousecouldbeclonedindifferentplacesfordifferentowners,accommodatinguniquesurroundinggeographicalandsocialenvironment.Inthemeantime,thefunctionalitiesembeddedinahousecouldevolveandbeenhancedasifthehousewasalivingorganism.MaintainingNamba’sphilosophy,...
The concept of the “one-room house” comes from the “Series of Box-Houses” designed by architect Kazuhiko Namba[1], who conceived it in 1995 as a rudimentary, small box with high efficiency that could fit into various urban settings. He imagined that the condensed, no-frills concept of the Box House could be cloned in different places for different owners, accommodating unique surrounding geographical and social environment. In the meantime, the functionalities embedded in a house could evolve and be enhanced as if the house was a living organism.
Maintaining Namba’s philosophy, the MUJI House is committed to offering a living environment that is rudimentary enough to meet the needs of different people who could be occupying the space at different times during the house’s life which MUJI hopes will last for several decades. Whereas our “ideal house” could be the one that accommodates specific needs and tastes of a specific family at the time of purchasing or building it, thing...