Ryue Nishizawa

Treform | West Unit . Tokyo

Ryue Nishizawa . photos: © Naoya Fujii . + ja+u . Treform

The five-story apartment complex contains 101 rooms. Architect Manabu Chiba, who also designed the eastern unit oversaw the project.

below photos: ja+u

The west unit by Ryue Nishizawa is a stark exposed concrete building. Its chaotic forms bulge in and out, creating jagged gaps where the blocks forming the building appear to collide. The irregularly-shaped rooms look into these sharp interstices, creating unexpected views and adjacencies.