© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

The site is located near the center of Tokyo. It is a small plot of 44.62㎡bounded by two streets. Conforming to legal conditions and in response to the client’s wish for a ‘roofed garage’ the volume was trimmed from various directions. ‘Minerals’ and ‘reflection’ are keywords that help turn the negative factor of elimination into a positive one.

© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

‘Minerals’ are considered to combine abstract properties (conceptual object) with nonfigurative properties (object whose presence of matter is more obvious). Changes from transparent, translucent to opaque occur according to light entering in certain ways at certain angles. The body can in no way be treated as a simple element.

© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

‘Reflection’ is a recent keyword pertaining to the perception of space. Vision is an important factor in the recognition of space. My interest lies in such area of visual perception. By shaping volumes in polyhedra (facets with three factors―transparent, translucent and opaque) and entangling them in three-dimensional way inside the internal space, visual reflection is induced, which results in deviation from the restrictiveness of space.

© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

Then as people move inside the space or with light entering at a certain angle the facet’s presence changes, bringing about diversity in space. Inside the polyhedron equipped with such abstractiveness are the kitchen, counter shelf, stairs, floors and toilet box equipped with functionality that exist as nonfigurative objects.

© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

The bathroom box on third floor features a mirror finish in stainless steel, which combines both factors of object and reflection, and presents itself as a substitution of both ‘minerals’ and ‘reflection’. Relationship with the surrounding environment is expressed in the small plaza open to the streets, a piloti-like space that emerged after placing the garage on ground floor. Its liberating feeling might trigger some change in the surrounding streetscape.

© Jimmy Cohrssen . Published on July 07, 2010.

© Atelier Tekuto . Published on July 07, 2010.

© Atelier Tekuto . Published on July 07, 2010.