Nippo Junction Ang Head Office by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami

Nippo Junction Ang Head Office by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Arkitektura, Gambalay ug Estruktura Competition Category.

PilakArkitektura· 2020

Nippo Junction Ang Head Office

by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami

Client: Nippo Corporation

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Nippo Junction Ang Head Office

Ang Nippo Head Office gitukod ibabaw sa usa ka multilayered intersection sa mga imprastruktura sa lungsod, usa ka agianan sa agianan, ug usa ka parke. Ang Nippo usa ka nanguna nga kompanya sa pagtukod sa dalan. Gihubit nila ang Michi, nga nagpasabut nga "kalye" sa Hapon, ingon nga basehan sa ilang konsepto sa disenyo ingon "kung unsa ang nagkonektar sa lainlaing mga sangkap". Gikuton ni Michi ang bilding sa konteksto sa syudad ug nagkonekta usab ang mga indibidwal nga mga luna sa trabaho sa usag usa. Si Michi gipalambo aron makalikay nga mga koneksyon sa paglalang ug makaamgo sa Junction Place nga usa ka talagsaon nga lugar nga mahimo’g posible lamang dinhi sa Nippo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Nippo Junction Ang Head Office usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Nippo Junction Ang Head Office mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Nippo Junction Ang Head Office usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project is rebuilding the Nippo Head Office built over a multilayered intersection of urban infrastructure, an expressway and a park. Nippo is a leading company in road construction.
By drawing this multilayered intersection of Michi (street in Japanese) on laminated workplace, Michi connects not only physical spaces, but also the individuality and distinctiveness of each place.
Michi was enhanced to forge creative connections and to realize a unique work place possible only here at Nippo.
Dimensions & Packaging: Composition of Double-skin Façade on north-west side
1. Fan shaped outer skin
- Two-sided support system with frame and SSG System
2. Fan Stone provides support to counter wind forces on both skin layers
- A dynamic facade composed from stone mullions and glass panels expresses both the forward looking and reliable company identities
3. Completely flat mullion-less MPG inner skin
- enables use of inner spaces directly up to glass panels
Tags: architecture, facade, glass, headquaters, nippo, doubleskin, tokyo, japan
Production Technology: The Edge between urban environment ,Facade
Double skin glazing on the north-east sides are arranged in a staggered folding fan layout optimized for natural ventilation, reduction of direct sunlight and opening out to vistas, actively engaging prevailing winds and direct sunlight, and minimizing usage of blinds. The cavity between double skin glazing is used for natural ventilation and for reducing wind speed and ambient city noises to provide an open workplace connected to urban elements
Design Challenge: The Metropolitan Expressway runs at the foot of the new headquarters. The Metropolitan Expressway is a river before the Tokyo Olympics. Therefore, a revetment retaining wall of the river was left in the site, and it was necessary to construct the basement while leaving it. A seismic isolation structure is adopted so that the headquarters function can be maintained even in the case of a large earthquake.
Research: Japan needs an exterior plan to prepare for typhoons, and very careful consideration was required for setting the wind pressure of the double skin facade. Since this exterior incorporates a stone, by setting the interlayer displacement and construction accuracy at the time of the earthquake carefully, a very delicate exterior is realized.
Inspiration: The Michi is also expressed in the NIPPO logo and slogan, which is also the identity of this company. We regard Michi as the connection between various elements, and put Junction into the concept. Specifically, it is an attempt to reorganize the connection between neighboring cities and the connection between work places, which were sparse at the former head office, with the new head office plan. At the same time, it is a plan to re-identify the identity of a company.
Project Duration: Completion: 2018/6
Location: Chuo-ku, Tokyo,JAPAN
Operation Flow: Columns are placed between Quiet Michi and Ie spaces, defining a soft boundary. Each department or team can set its own relationship with Michi by variating the layout of the Ie zones for column intervals. The columns have inserts that allow a wide variety of boundaries to be set up according to worker needs. such as soft boundaries defined by furniture or partitions between columns and privatizing the Michi for how each space is used is possible
Team Members: Architect: Ichimaru Takahiro
Architect: Tatenami Tetsuya
Architect: Abe Nobuyuki
Image Credits: Photographer:Hiroshi Funaki、Shota Hiyoshi
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