PLANNING CHARACTERISTICS OF LARGE-SIZE CONDOMINIUM UNITS SUPPLIED IN THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA

This study deals with relatively large-size condominium units that are supplied in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. It focuses on the planning of apartment buildings and their units. First, the necessity of large-size units in the social system of changing houses for urban people is discussed. Second, an overview is given on the situation of the recently supplied condominium units having areas over 100 square meters. The percentage of these is only 1.4% of the total number of the currently supplied units and this indicates that the planning of large-size units needs particular consideration. It was reported that the tendency of large-size units with more than 100 squre meter floor, area was to be located in apartment buildings. It was specified that these dwellings units are often situated at the fringe of buildings, namely, at the corners, at the top or on the ground level of apartments. Lastly, the characteristics of the large-size units were investigated. These were categorized according to unit plans and their statistical distribution was shown. Corner units that can open to three directions are found to be the most frequently used type in planning large-size condominiums.