Yokohama Aoba Housing
Kei Tamai
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Yokohama Aoba Housing by Kei Tamai Yokohama Aoba is a house designed to bring nature back into urban living. The home stands on a pentagonal plot and is arranged around a central courtyard that connects all rooms and opens the interior to the sky. Two stairways begin at the entrance, and the rooms fan out around the courtyard, while a narrow passage links the wings at the rear. The circulation forms a continuous double loop, so each room has its own route and residents can move without crossing paths. Natural light and air flow through the house, reducing energy use.
Silver A' Design Award Winner
Yokohama Aoba Housing by Kei Tamai is a distinguished winner of the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award. Yokohama Aoba Housing earned the Silver A' Design Award in 2025 and is showcased on Architectural Design Winners among other remarkable designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Kei Tamai and see why Yokohama Aoba Housing design rises above its competition.
About Yokohama Aoba
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Yokohama Aoba Housing by Kei Tamai Yokohama Aoba is a house designed to bring nature back into urban living. The home stands on a pentagonal plot and is arranged around a central courtyard that connects all rooms and opens the interior to the sky. Two stairways begin at the entrance, and the rooms fan out around the courtyard, while a narrow passage links the wings at the rear. The circulation forms a continuous double loop, so each room has its own route and residents can move without crossing paths. Natural light and air flow through the house, reducing energy use. Yokohama Aoba earned the Silver A' Design Award, a distinguished level of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Silver A' Design Award designs combine creativity with professional design, and are selected by a grand jury, as superior entries in their respective categories, after fair, just, meritocratic and impartial academic review, where nominated works are voted following blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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