nexus world housing, an apartment complex designed by rem koolhaas/OMA in 1991 is now on sale. located in the kashi district of fukuoka, japan, the complex consists of 24 individual houses, each three stories high and penetrated by a private vertical courtyard, packed together to form two blocks.
koolhaas has placed individual front doors on the complex‘s concrete and glass lower level, while a black stone wall wraps around the exterior of the upper level. beyond each door lies a private patio with white pebbles that lets plenty of natural light through, and a continuous staircase leads to individual rooms on the second floor and living quarters on the third. the quarters include a suite of living, dining, open-air, and ‘japanese’ rooms where screens and curtains generate different configurations. the residence is currently on sale through real fukuoka estate.
project info:
name: nexus world housing
architect: rem koolhaas / OMA
location: kashihama, higashi ku, fukuoka city, japan
total floor area: 108.58 m²
interior consultant: kyoko ohashi, petra blaisse
general contractor, structural consultant: maeda corp
local architect: yoshikazu kawamura
sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom
jan 19, 2019
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