Guest accommodation · renovation · Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo · 2025

Okubo Guest Rooms

Even a 25 m² guest room deserves a clear order.

An apartment in Okubo, Tokyo, converted into guest rooms — a complete overnight experience composed within a compact plan.

Background

The owner’s brief: turn a compact apartment into a lettable guesthouse — durable, easy to clean, photogenic, and firmly on budget.

Problem
Twenty-five square metres must hold sleeping, eating, working, luggage and bathing.
Judgement
In a small room the key is not fitting things in — it is order. One continuous horizontal line puts every function in its place.
Design
A full wall of joinery and a concealed light cove draw that continuous datum; blue textiles and art give the room a colour to remember it by; a black shower cabin and timber-look panels keep cost down without losing texture.

I was responsible for planning, interior design, joinery and lighting, and supported the construction stage. About me →

Process material — sketches, plans, material boards and site photographs — is being compiled and will follow.

Now in operation — and everyday use is the most honest test a design can get.

Tell me the location, size and rough budget, and I will explain what can be done and how long it might take.

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