At the plot in the busy downtown Sendai, the surroundings cluster commercial buildings. The plot sets at a corner facing a long and narrow public road. The client works at an advertising company and likes surfing as a hobby and his wife is a famed apparel company agent.

What they had wished to own in a word, was a thoroughly simple and refined residence. To obtain a higher security, the frontage facing the public street only sets a horizontal window to realize a simple but dignified facade.

Because the plan is L-shaped spreading toward the south, in one step into the volume, you can feel the contrast of in/out such as impressions of ample external space while the exterior emerges compact…

If you step onto the symbolized L-shaped approach stairs, the living room, dining room and the kitchen appear gradually by each layer.

Wherever you are in LINEA, the family feels one solid unity.