I’ve mentioned here before the fondness modern Japanese architects seem to have for precipitous stairways without rails, balcony levels with low walls, and generally anything that any sensible client would recognize as a death trap for them or their house guests.Well, they are still at it, if this post at Dezeen is anything to go by:
Well, I think this distinctive set of apartments in Tokyo probably takes the cake. Why bother waiting for the resident to slip off the edge of rail-less stairs when you can actually build large holes in the floor!
As I said in a comment at Dezeen, the next logical step is hidden, spring loaded trap doors in the floor, to keep clients on their toes.
A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan.
Imagine negotiating this. I keep getting images of cartoon/slapstick characters falling down various ledges from top to bottom:Designed by Tato Architects, House in Takatsuki is a three-storey building containing 16 different floor levels.
I particularly like the touch of the sharp cornered metal step in the last photo. Perfectly suited to slicing open a calf.
It's really just nuts.
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