前庭と一体に感じられる室内。An interior that feels seamlessly connected to the front garden.
正面左と中央の開口部は以前のクリニックのものをそのまま活かしている。The front left and central windows retain the original features of the former clinic.
音の響きを重視して床材は硬質なカリン材を使用し、ヘリンボーン貼りとした。反響音を低減するため、壁は石膏プラスターに漆喰で仕上げた。Keruing, a dense hardwood, was used for the flooring to prioritize sound quality and it was laid in a herringbone pattern.The walls were finished with plaster, with gypsum plaster as the base layer,to reduce echo and reverberation."
外観。門扉は五線譜を模している。Photo of the exterior. The gate is modeled after a musical staff.
既存写真
以前のクリニックの外観写真 Exterior photo of the clinic before renovation

改修工事/東京/2014
床面積 82m2
音響遮音設計：株式会社アコースティックデザインシステム

昭和の雰囲気を残す3階建ての建物の1階を、80代の元医師であるオーナーのための音楽・ダンススタジオへと改修しました。長年クリニックとして使われてきた空間を、2台のグランドピアノとフラダンスのための広いスペースに生まれ変わらせました。 内装はすべて撤去し、防音材と石膏ボードを使って壁と天井に遮音層を設け、左官仕上げにより柔らかな音響効果を実現。オーナーの好みでピンクを基調にした温かみのある空間に仕上げました。床材には硬質なカリン材を使用し、音の響きを重視。コストを抑えつつ性能を確保するため、防音ドアは既製品、窓は二重サッシとしています。 広い前庭を活かし、大きな開口部を設置。外から内部が見え、街に開かれたスタジオとして、若い音楽家が練習や演奏を行い、地域の人々がその活動を感じられるような場を目指しました。地域に根ざした建物の記憶を大切にしたリノベーションです。

Renovation, Tokyo, 2014
Area 82 sqm
It started from an old-fashioned three-story building which has a nostalgic atmosphere of the Japanese 1970s. The first floor has been a clinic for decades. The owner, who’s a retired doctor and is more than 80 years old, decided to turn the space into a studio so that she could enjoy music and dance. She wanted to put 2 grand pianos, and make space for dancing since she’s also a teacher of Hawaiian Hula. All the old interior materials were removed, then sound absorbing materials and plasterboards were used to install sound insulation layers for the walls and ceiling. The wall and ceiling are plastered. It contains tiny bubbles, has an uneven surface, so it has a moderate sound effect. The use of pink to create a warm atmosphere is the owner’s preference. Underneath the Chinese quince Herringbone flooring is a soundproof flooring material. Chinese quince is very hard wood. An acoustic expert who helped us, said that floor material should be hard, so that it can reverberate the sound coming out from under the piano. For soundproof doors, we used ready-made products to reduce costs,but they have good performance. And we used double sash windows to prevent sound leakage. We used huge windows for this studio since it has a wide front yard which is rarely found in the city. You can see the plants in the garden and the people passing by the street through the windows, and you can see the inside from the street simultaneously. Our aim is to make this studio an open space in town where young musicians can practice and hold concerts and neighbers can feel these activities, even if passersby. Highlighting the community-based culture that has been attached to this building is one of the important factors that we considered in remodeling it.