Continuing a series of houses designed by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, Dezeen Magazine shows off House of Depth in Shiga, Japan.

Other designs from FORM include House of Diffusion, House of Inclusion, and House of Vision.

House of Depth had to fit into a typically cramped narrow urban space where achieving privacy can sometimes be a difficult task. The lot is just 10 meters wide and 23 meters deep.

Dezeen quotes FORM:

Despite its urban, closed appearance, the house has between the exterior and the interior a long approach that can be regarded as the intermediate zone relating to the surrounding environment. Several areas where the line of sight is uninterrupted are provided inside the building, aiming to enhance visual depth.

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