Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects pare back Tokyo apartments www.dezeen.com

Concrete walls, wooden floors and simplistic furnishings form "transparent" living spaces within this pair of formerly light-starved Tokyo apartments renovated by Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design.
Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects have collaborated to transform two of the apartments which, despite their proximity to green space, felt dark and closed off.
"Even though the architecture featured an open and dynamic structure, it was not reflected in the interior," Keiji Ashizawa Design's eponymous founder told Dezeen.
Not only in the architecture, but also in each of the furniture pieces," said Frederik Werner, associate partner at Norm Architects.
Copenhagen-based Norm Architects first teamed up Keiji Ashizawa Design with when the Tokyo-based studio hosted a creative workshop on its home turf.