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Existing ceiling removed to restore the hibukuro (smoke chamber). The resulting void connects the second-floor rooms via a double-height space.

Compact kitchen. Because the existing roof is low, the exhaust fan ducting is exposed.

A staircase that had been located within an oshiire (closet) was skeletonized by removing walls, joinery, and baseboards, fitted with a handrail, and reused.

Eaves with ceramic tile roofs line both sides of the narrow street—an urban fabric that dates back to the prewar period.

The bay window's lattice was removed and the timber joinery was converted to frosted glass and reused. Soft light filters in from the alley.

A simple kitchen composed of stainless commercial kitchen units.

Entrance earthen‑floored area. The storage room at the front is also accessible from the living room, creating a convenient circulation route.

Each unit displays subtle variations in design reflecting successive additions and the tastes of past occupants.

Light entering from east‑ and west‑facing windows and from above the stair is diffused by the white walls and ceilings, imparting a bright atmosphere to the living room.

While the first floor emphasizes wet finishes such as paint and plaster, the second floor is finished with plywood and dry-system treatments.

Two small ancillary rooms flank the larger living space; they can serve as bedrooms, closets, or other flexible uses.

Exterior. The exterior walls, which the previous tenant had painted black, were restored with a lime plaster finish. The mushiko‑mado (insect‑lattice) window was repaired.

Utilizing the machiya module, fittings can be moved according to functional needs to optimize usability.

An old prefabricated unit bath was removed to reinstate a tsuboniwa (small courtyard garden), introducing daylight into the previously dim interior.

Most interior fittings were refurbished and adjusted before being reused. The now‑rare frosted glass features a maple motif.

A wall opening discovered during demolition proved to be an original secondary window; it is normally protected from wind and rain with a hanging shoji screen.

The entrance floor level is set between the external earthen floor (doma) and the living floor to reduce step height.

Unfinished cedar plank flooring. Ceilings are painted with small beams exposed.

View of the garden from the dining area. The fence is clad in yakisugi (charred cedar).

View from the east to the west of the living room. In the near left is the washbasin and bathroom.

The staircase originally located inside a closet was replaced with an open‑riser (strip) stair. A shoin‑style shoji screen functions as the visual terminus.

We cleared weeds and debris to restore the tsubo-niwa; aluminum sashes were removed and replaced with wooden fittings.

Exposed service piping and meters are left visible in accordance with local practice rather than concealed.

A large round ridge beam is left exposed and the kamoi (lintel) is suspended from it by bolts.

A typical machiya sequence in which living room, nure-en (exterior veranda), and tsubo-niwa connect continuously. The cedar-bark siding on the fence was replaced.

View from the entrance storage through the earthen floor toward the street.

After installing insulation, the ceiling was reworked to follow the roof geometry.

Layout suitable for mixed uses such as ateliers or small shops, enabling live-work arrangements.

Second floor: existing ceiling boards were removed and replaced with a boat-bottom (cove) ceiling.

View from the entrance earthen floor toward the living room.

The living room is bright and well ventilated, situated between east and west tsubo-niwa.

On the second floor, light and breezes enter through east- and west-facing openings.

The existing iron clothes-drying rack was repainted and cedar scaffold boards were applied to form a wood deck.

Walls and ceilings are luan. Floors are structural plywood that also serves as reinforcement. All surfaces are left unfinished in their natural state.

Second floor. Existing ceiling boards were removed and replaced with a boat‑hull (inverted‑boat) ceiling.

Converted the previously dim two adjacent tatami rooms into a large cedar‑clad living room, rehabilitating the property as a family‑oriented residence.

Exterior. Incremental renovations to individual units have produced a restrained sense of cohesion across the walls and roofs.

The roof's earthen bedding was removed and re‑roofed with sangawara clay tiles, enhancing seismic performance.

Small redundant fittings were repurposed to create a new entrance storage unit.

View back from the entrance earthen floor. A relatively wide opening accommodates bicycles and motorcycles.

Maximized use of Kyoto City subsidy programs to reduce initial costs.

Butterfly-shaped cantilever brackets were repainted and reused.

View of the living room from the mise-no-ma (shop-facing room).

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Entrance area revisited. Different combinations of fittings increase circulation options, creating modest internal permeability.

Floors: cedar flooring. Walls: lime-plaster intermediate coat finish. Ceiling: painted with exposed beams.

Configured for a live/work lifestyle with small-scale retail in mind: partitions were removed to maximize use as an open studio.

The kitchen is oriented toward the living room; opening the sliding doors allows it to function as a face-to-face kitchen.