The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Óir A' Design Award in Dearadh Ailtireachta, Foirgníochta agus Struchtúir Competition Category.

ÓrAiltireacht· 2020

The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: TIA Co., Ltd.,

Duais Óir A' Design Award Winner in Ailtireacht Category

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The Design

About The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige

Is é an PolyCuboid an foirgneamh ceanncheathrún nua do TIA, cuideachta a sholáthraíonn seirbhísí árachais. Múnlaíodh an chéad urlár le teorainneacha an láithreáin agus leis an bpíopa uisce le trastomhas 700mm atá ag trasnú an láithreáin faoi thalamh ag teorannú an spáis bhunaithe. Díscaoileann an struchtúr miotalach i mblocanna éagsúla an chomhdhéanamh. Imíonn na piléir agus na bíomaí as an gcomhréire spáis, ag tuar an ruda, agus fáil réidh le foirgneamh freisin. Tá an dearadh toirtmhéadrach spreagtha ag Lógó TIA ag iompú an fhoirgnimh féin ina dheilbhín a dhéanann ionadaíocht ar an gcuideachta.

The Recognition

About the Duais Óir A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige Duais Óir A' Design Award, aitheantas thar a bheith clúiteach a bhronntar ar dhearaí den chéad scoth, iontacha agus sármhaithe. Is cruthuithe an-nuálacha, fíorasacha agus drithleacha iad buaiteoirí Óir a léiríonn géiniais, eagna agus máistreacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige ina aireagán a mholtar go mór, ceannródaíoch agus séadchomharthach a sholáthraíonn luach nach bhfacthas riamh cheana. Is tionscadal iontach, measúil é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Óir A' Design Award a dhéanann sárleas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Cruthaíonn an dearadh The PolyCuboid Foirgneamh Oifige mothúcháin dhian mhianta, músclaíonn sé paisean, spreagann sé cruthaitheacht agus cuireann sé draíocht orainn.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The PolyCuboid is the new headquarter office for TIA.co.ltd, a company that provides insurance services. The building is a composition of three imperfect cuboid shapes that interlace to build up the different spaces. The composition further results in an atrium linking the different functions on the different levels and providing the interior with a large amount of natural light. The metallic structure vanishes from the space syntax turning the building into a sculptural object.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 621sqm
W20825mm x D13405mm x H18680mm
Tags: Japan, office, insurance, volume, minimalism, interlace, workplace, architecture, atrium
Production Technology: The building stand on a metallic frame structure for its four levels. The complex geometry of the distinct cuboids and their superposition creating half levels accentuates the complexity of the metallic frame that is concealed inside the invisible parts of the volumes. The exterior wall cladding is a polished composite cement panel called Miraia and produced by Nichiha. The interior finishes vary from wallpaper, tiles, black oxide steel, stainless steel, and many other materials.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of the design was the water service pipe crossing the site underneath in the middle, limiting the construction to half the area, and calling for cantilevered spaces in the upper levels to compensate. Instead of a conventional building with balconies, recovering to the use of interlaced cuboids results in peculiar spaces and connections that needed to be carefully managed. Privacy and interaction together with the daylighting had also major importance in the design process.
Research: The interaction between three imperfect cuboid forms can create either an alteration of the form or a nonfunctional architectural space. the alteration happens mostly for technical reasons, such as parapet wall placements, ducts, or simply beam locations. How can space syntax be kept clear while saving the entity of each volume? And what kind of spatial and functional interactions could be created between them? Further, how can a volume identity be kept while using different materials.
Inspiration: The PolyCuboid design was inspired by the client initials, TIA, creating the three distinct volumes at first. The design process developed the volumes to the later abstract cuboid forms. The functionality and connection of spaces were inspired by a more dynamic and yet relaxing approach to work that the client want to implement in their headquarter.
Project Duration: Project start: September 2017.
Construction start: December 2018.
Project/Construction End: December 2019.

Location: Designed and constructed in Himeji City, Japan.
Operation Flow: The entrance gives on to the reception counter, elevator hall and a reception space furnished in sofas and coffee table. A raw of private desks for the employees behind an inside glass facade occupies most of the ground level. The Atrium at the other end connects the three first levels through dynamic resting spaces. the second level is occupied by the CEO office, a meeting room, and booth desks, while the third and forth level includes a gym, a recreational room and a dinning space.
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, PolyCuboid, 2019.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, PolyCuboid, 2019.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, PolyCuboid, 2019.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, PolyCuboid, 2019.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, PolyCuboid, 2019.