Bronze Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2021
MGY Base Office
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Mighty co. ltd
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,948
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About MGY Base Office
MGY Base is an office building for an apparel brand in Tokyo, Japan. The design follows the idea of a secret base where people want to gather. The main floor is 6 metres high, and a large glass facade gives the impression of a semi-outdoor space. Wire mesh in the loft, industrial style lighting, and fixtures made of iron and scaffolding support the same theme. The building has a reinforced concrete structure and a total floor area of 124 square metres. The open interior is intended to encourage communication and comfortable work.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- An office like a secret base where people would want to gather.
The novel corona virus has brought to light the necessity of communication in the office. Our design is an example of an answer to the problem.
MGY Base is an apparel brand office situated in Tokyo. The main floor is 6m high and its huge glass facade gives the impression of semi-outdoor space. Wire mesh used in the loft, industrial taste lighting, iron and scaffold used fixtures, and other details represent the secret base the client asked for. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Site area: 124.94 m²
Building area: 73.70 m²
Total floor area: 124 m²
Structure: Reinforced concrete construction - Tags
- Workplace, apparel brand, MGY BASE, STAR, Japan
- Production Technology
- Distinctive facade promotes the apparel brand.
High ceiling on the main floor reminiscent of the semi-outdoor, providing an open and comfortable atmosphere that eliminates the stuffiness of the office.
Unified with design ideas that make the brand playful, such as mesh mezzanine. - Project Duration
- Project completed in 15/09/2018
Project Location: 3-30 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan - Operation Flow
- Efficiency from the management perspective, offices are increasingly being consolidated into urban areas and are expanding in size. At the same time, more and more start-up companies and companies with an awareness of design management are creating unique offices with an emphasis on quality and design. Against this backdrop, the COVID-19 has called into question the meaning of the office. This was an opportunity to rethink the meaning of working and gathering in one place.
- Inspiration
- We tried to design an office that is a third-place that makes you want to assemble and work.
A place
1. where the clients and business associates would like to go and want to gather.
2. where the staff feel comfortable and want to work longer.
3. that is unique and playful.
We designed an office with these three points in mind to give a sense of the brand's personality. - Image Credits
- Photographer Kai Nakamura, 2018