Apartments Designed Around Motorcycle Ownership

From space limited Japan, comes housing developed around motorcycle & scooter owners.

A neat idea if you ask me. First, I’m a sucker for good design. Second, it seems really efficient, and besides, story any kind of vehicle outside makes me nervous.

Essentially, the work of Japanese architects Yuji Nakae, Akiyoshi Takagi and Hirofumi Ohno works like this: you get to your dedicated motorcycle/scooter garage from a swoopy interior courtyard

And from there, the rest of the house is stacked on top, and then the stacks are arranged side by side, and then yo can have a whol block of like minded people.

You know what would be really interesting about this concept?

Make a bigger version for cars and build it on the edge of an old, disused track.

Real estate is dropping, so if you could get, say, ten car buddies together … just sayin’.

There’s more pictures after the jump.

This is so cool! While I don’t have a bike myself, I do have friends that are concerned having to park outside. I wonder if this could take off here in the states?

good concept.functional and efective design.