Reflection in Mineral by Atelier Tekuto
French photographer Jérémie Souteyrat’s series ‘Tokyo No Ie’ (Tokyo Houses) is a beautiful showcase of the city’s unusual and rarely seen architecture.
Rather than shooting the well-known districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya, he opted to show a different side of the Japanese capital by venturing into the suburbs.
Away from the towering skyscrapers of the dense city center lies a world of houses with quirkily-shaped roofs, curved façades, and stacked levels that deviate from conventional buildings.
Souteyrat attributes their design to the need to house people in living spaces that are both practical and functional.
“In Japan, notions of architecture are liberal owing to the near inexistence of a legacy of buildings surviving from the past, thus better allowing architects to express their own ideas. In this way, Tokyo might be thought of as an open-air theater with its building stock affording a unique theatrical set, while its inhabitants are both actors and audience.”
His photographs have been published into a book, also titled Tokyo No Ie, which you can purchase here.
Check out some images below and view more at his website.
House without a kitchen by Atelier Takuo Iizuka
YY House by AH Architects
Delta by Architecton
“A life with large opening” by onedesign
On the Cherry Blossom by A.L.X.
Edge Yard by October
Lucky Drops by Atelier Tekuto
[via Ufunk, images by Jérémie Souteyrat]