CASA NANO
DESCRIPTIVE DESIGN – CASA NANO
Casa Nano is a renovation of a post-war house in the neighborhood of Sendagi, Tokyo. Originally a small wooden dwelling from the 1950s, it was transformed into an artist residency connected to Casa Wabi Foundation. The project preserves the memory of traditional Japanese domestic architecture while adapting it to host contemporary cultural exchange.
The design maintains original elements such as cedar beams, sliding metal shutters, and compact spatial proportions, while introducing new steel structures and floating staircases. This dialogue between old and new creates a hybrid domestic space: intimate, flexible, and deeply rooted in Japanese tradition. Casa Nano embodies the idea of minimal intervention and maximum cultural resonance, becoming both a home and a platform for artistic exploration.
CASA NANO is an architectural intervention that explores the relationship between traditional Japanese residential scale and contemporary spatial reprogramming. The project transforms a former small dwelling into a hybrid space that integrates living, working, and cultural exchange. Its design emphasizes simplicity, adaptability, and the reinterpretation of domestic boundaries, creating a venue where intimacy coexists with openness.
The project explores the duality between public and private spaces, establishing a progressive flow that guides users through different functions. The spatial organization follows a sequential distribution that transitions from access to wine shop, wine school, and finally, work areas.
This gradual sequence not only structures the program but also creates a lattice-like system, allowing flexibility and the integration of both passive and active components throughout the space.
Total area: 35.00 m²
Spatial Duality: Clear separation between public and private zones.
Flow: Progressive movement that guides users through the space.
Program Distribution: Access → Wine shop → Wine school → Work area.
Design components: Combination of passive and active strategies to enhance flexibility and user experience.
