SAKURAGICHO RESIDENCE (ZOOM YOKOHAMA SAKURAGICHO)

The project aims to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony typical to large apartment blocks. Although the residential complex houses a retail on the GF, the exterior appointed uniformly aligned openings wrapped in a façade to obscure occupancy, whether for residential or other usage. Instead of applying exterior tiling that would carry a weathering risk of shedding and falling below, an additional 15mm thickness for a grooved pattern yields a brickwork expression inheriting the classical Yokohama context. The woodgrain-like paintwork of the balcony interiors provides space with warmth.