ROKKO

HOUSING I, II,
III TADAO
ANDO

CASE STU
 ROKKO HOUSING
ROKKO HOUSING I ROKKO HOUSING II ROKKO
HOUSING III Location: Kobe, Japan
Location: Kobe, Japan Location: Kobe, Japan
Scale: 10 Storeys Scale: 14 Storeys Scale: 20 Storeys
Number of housing units: 20 Number of housing units: 50 Number of housing units: 250
Structure: Reinforced concrete Structure: Reinforced concrete Structure: Reinforced concrete
Site area: 1,852sqm. Site area: 5,998sqm. Site area: 25,000sqm.
Built-up area: 668sqm. Built-up area: 2,965sqm. Built-up area: 14,500sqm.
Total floor area: 1,779sqm. Total floor area: 9,045sqm. Total floor area: 37,500sqm.
Structural Engineers: Ascoral Structural Engineers: Ascoral Structural Engineers: Ascoral
Engineers Associates. Engineers Associates. Engineers Associates.
KOBE,JA
 LOCATION: PAN.
 ARCHITECTS: TADAO
ANDO
 STRUCTURE:
REINFORCED CONCRETE
 BUILDING Phase TYPE: LOW
I: 1978-83
RISE HOUSING
                  Phase II: 1985-93
                 
 YEAR:Phase THREEIII: 1991-98
PHASES
 Site Rokko
Analysis Housing I
Rokko Housing is located on a 60 degree sloping southern-oriented site on the
edge of the Rokko Mountains in the city of Kobe, Japan. This mass housing
project based on a total of 18 maisonettes. A composition that traces a slope
with geometric shapes, using concrete post-and-beams units as the basic
modules,concept
Design was the idea.
and
principles
ROKKO
SITE ACCESS
HOUSING I Initial sketches of Tadao
ROKKO ACCESS
HOUSIROADS
Ando
HOUSING II NEAREST BUS
NG
STOP
ROKKO
HOUSING III

Spatial diagram of public zones developed

on each level. The shapes of slope is
converted into geometric forms. Generates
Isometric view of Rokko
Inspirati results in slippages in plans and sections. Housing
on
Architect Tadao Ando found inspiration for Rokko
housing from his travel experiences to the Terraces and green spill-
Mediterranean town of Thira, Santorini , Greece outs
where small white dwellings built on steps along Residential dwellings
Public spaces
Thira, Santorini, Greece.
the slope, all facing the sea boasting of a compact
community life and privacy for each dwelling along
 Floor plans at different levels

Composition - The Units

ding is composed of frame construction units of 5.4m X 4.8m.
metry forms the base of plan.
groups of units are drawn apart to the south and north forming intermediate space
ms terraces and act as central plaza.
geometry introduce dynamic structure to the architecture.
ough stacking and shifting of units forming a three dimensional gap, these gaps
omes the terraces for individual dwellings, the common plaza, stairways and paths
ating opportunity for nature made more vivid flow into architecture frame. Play role of
ning a air hole into contemporary living space.
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lans at the level of Central Plaza created by

rawing space between units north and south Plaza as public space in housing structure.
Central

Staircase connects the lower and upper cluster of units act as

gradation between public and private zones.
Public / Private
• The shades of gradation between public and private are completely different zonal e
• In order to make this idea complete, the concept of “Roji” or alley space functioned
public & private

Architecture embedded in nature.

entral Staircase with natural lightning and
 Emphasized on interaction and
encountering, this collective housing
was created with variegated relationship
between public and private through the
concept of alley spaces and public
terraces where residents encounter. With
the intention to create and reinforce a
relationship between nature, public
space and private space, a grid system is Public central plaza to encourage encounterin
employed
The to control
combination of the
units overall
and
structure.
interventions of exterior spaces. Each
dwelling is intended to asserts its own
individuality. Rooms close to the sky,
Designed along the topography
Individual space facing internal court
rooms facing the greenery on the slope,
Intermingling with nature, Public terraces act as rooms receiving the light of the inner
these dwellings opened the punctuation along the court, yet all possessing individual vistas
possibility of a new kind building terrain. These – a search of new form of communality.
of collective housing - one kinds of varieties of layouts A room asserts its own individuality
that would awaken a sense and vistas might not be The aforementioned grid system applied
of identification among its achievable in the context of to control the overall structure appears
residents. Hong Kong, but dedication initially as a rigid structural framework
of public terraces to in which all the units and required
encourage social spaces are fitted into. The resultant
interaction is an idea that living spaces however displays a wide
worth considering. It not variety of layouts and vistas. The
only contributes to the character of each unit is highly
visual excitement of the different, for they are organized in Openness achieved while privacy maintained