sabi
by Sabi Space
Bento is a traditional Japanese container for meals that neatly separates a variety of foods into individual compartments to preserve their quality.
Luxury is giving each moment a space of its own.
Open Plan
Closed Plan
Many modern homes are built around the open plan, a progressive idea that emerged in early modernism. In the open plan, one large continuous space must serve every daily activity, from hosting to resting, to cooking to working. The same materials, acoustics, climate, and atmosphere are used throughout the house, lacking the precision of elevating daily rituals. In a time obsessed with transparency and openness, we argue the power of closure, focus, and intentionality.
Bento House
The Bento House is organised around distinct rooms, each designed to perfect one daily ritual, sleeping, working, bathing, eating, and receiving guests. Materials, acoustics, light, and furniture change from room to room, and they adapt around each activity to create their own optimal environment.
Like a Bento Box protects the freshness of each different food, the Bento House protects the quality of each gesture, enhancing focus, efficiency and mental comfort. A simple reminder that quiet luxury lies in the quality of the moments that inhabit the space.
Enter
Conversate
Dine
Cook
Tea
Relax
Read
Sleep
Study
Shower
Toilet
Wash
Change
Rinse
Bathe
Sauna
When we first imagined the Bento House, it began with a simple decision: to question everything.
Like a Dadaist, we looked at daily life with curiosity and irreverence breaking it apart, taking nothing for granted.
The Bento House is the architecture that emerged from that reflection.
About Sabi Space
Sabina Blasiotti
Sabina Blasiotti founded Sabi Space in London with a clear mission: to bring authentic beauty into the world through design.
Now opened in Tokyo and operating internationally, the studio continues its research into honest materials, exceptional craftsmanship and uncompromising quality. At the same time, it questions everyday conventions, driven by the belief that radical imagination is essential to face today’s challenges.
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Sabina Blasiotti is an Italian architect living and working in Tokyo. Before founding Sabi Space, she worked at Bjarke Ingels Group in London and Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo, contributing to major commercial, residential and hospitality projects, including CityLife’s Portico in Milan and the Hoshino Resort in Yufuin.
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She graduated from The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and qualified at the Architectural Association in London. Her work has received awards from Architizer, RIBA and Azure Magazine, among others and has been exhibited at Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Royal Academy, the RIBA and Sir John Soane’s Museum in London and been published internationally, including in Architizer, Metropolis, Axis Magazine and the RIBA Journal.
The Bento House is not built yet...
You can Partner in the First Chapter of the Bento House
You can partner in the realisation of the first Bento House. “Partner” can mean many things at this stage, future inhabitant, patron, collaborator, investor or simply design enthusiast. What matters the most is a shared curiosity and alignment with the idea and interest in being part of a conversation to realise the first Bento House.