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1. Architecture Precedent: Azuma House, it was designed by Japanese architect T adao Ando  in his early career. It was designed without exterior windows reflecting the desire of the owner to feel that he was not 'in Japan', but to compensate for lost light, an interior courtyard with cross walkway was created. Azuma House developed a theme of design, but also a social theme.  T adao Ando  presented a cement box in the middle of a row of dilapidated wooden houses, of which there are masses in the central areas of Osaka , and created a highly self-sufficient living space within that box. Guaranteeing individual privacy (something which the traditional houses did not provide) and creating a residential space which allowed for the development of modern individuals. It is an expression of the belief that Ando  had, that the home is exactly the construction which can change society. Built between dividing walls, the house si