For the past 20 years, we have realized comfortable, open living environments across Japan while ensuring privacy is maintained.
What we have provided through architecture is not the space itself, but the “time” nurtured within it.
In Japan, there is a saying: “You must build three houses before achieving your ideal home.” We often ask our clients this after handover.
“What kind of house would you like to build next?”
The response we frequently hear is:
“I would build exactly the same house all over again.”
The homes we design are only about two-thirds the size of other houses in the same price range. Moreover, many sites are surrounded by environments where openness is difficult to achieve.
Yet clients still say, “I would build this house again.” That is because we focus not on size or decoration, but on the “quality that organizes life.”
In fact, the total floor area per home is around 90㎡. We have valued the ability to design for true comfort and openness even within a limited space.
Although we could have chosen to lower the quality of hidden parts to make the homes easier to sell, we felt that would have served our own convenience, not our clients.
Choosing to enhance quality is an essential decision both for the comfort of those living there for decades and for deepening our own craft and pride.
Within a limited budget, which elements truly stay with people?
The view from the windows, the way light and breeze flow, the quiet of the night, the perceived temperature, and the reliability of the structure.
We have refined our design and technical skills to shape each of these with care.
“Attachment” and “peace of mind” that deepen over time—
this is the true value of a home, a conviction born from our experience.
In early 2024, my wife fell ill and endured a long struggle without knowing the cause.
We visited numerous hospitals and tried many medications, but saw no clear improvement.
At that time, we moved into our completed home.
About six months into our new life, I began to see brightness return to her expression, and eventually she was able to live her days as before.
I asked my wife,
“Are you feeling better?!”
Her response surprised me.
“A little better, but not dramatically.”
What?…
“Living in this house made me want to change how I face life.”
“I used to hate being unwell, but now I feel I want to live with it.”
In that moment, I truly understood the real value of what we had created.
And I was convinced.
That a space has the power to calm the mind and restore life itself.
It was not coincidental but the culmination of our design and craftsmanship.
Today, Japan’s architecture industry is at a turning point.
Rising material costs and fierce price competition have led many committed young people to abandon craftsmanship.
At this rate, techniques honed over decades may quietly disappear.
That is why we are taking the next step.
To share the essential power of space with the world.
To pass on our techniques and passion to the future.
From this vision, “TYPE U” was born.
TYPE U is, first and foremost, a place to restore one’s own mind and life.
And when you are not using it, it becomes a place that offers value to others’ lives.
We believe this cycle of value becomes our joy and will quietly spread into the society of the future.
Our years of technique and passion—dedicated to your time ahead.
Begin with a quiet moment, online.