Catch the Wave
Neither residential nor commercial” is how Nendo founder Oki Sato describes his new studio’s location in the Meguro district of Tokyo. “Kind of an in-between area.” As he speaks about his interior for the studio, it starts to sound like its design achieves a similar balancing act, with some provocative results.
Endearing Sato to the location were its convenient access to bullet trains and airports. He was drawn to this 1,500-square-foot space in particular by its openness and generous windows. Basically a trapezoid in plan, it’s now partitioned into seven parallel zones. The front door opens into one sliver, which serves as reception. To the left is the meeting area. To the right, the other five long, narrow zones follow consecutively: model production, product design, architecture, an office for Sato and the management staff, and finally storage.
