Innovation and Production Center Fábrica by Obayashi Corporation

Innovation and Production Center Fábrica by Obayashi Corporation is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.

BronceArquitectura· 2021

Innovation and Production Center Fábrica

by Obayashi Corporation

Client: Riken Keiki Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Innovation and Production Center Fábrica

Centro de Innovación e Produción é unha instalación combinada de investigación e fabricación para un fabricante de detectores de gas nunha zona industrial nos arredores de Toquio. O complexo conta con seis plantas e unha superficie total de 24.800 metros cadrados. Dous edificios están unidos por unha ponte que conecta os departamentos de desenvolvemento e produción. As fendas, aletas e lamas confiren ás fachadas unha aparencia precisa e refinada. As terrazas verdes, situadas á mesma altura en ambos os edificios, forman un skyline verde. O deseño ten como obxectivo apoiar a colaboración entre departamentos e aumentar a produtividade intelectual.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Innovation and Production Center Fábrica gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Innovation and Production Center Fábrica sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Innovation and Production Center Fábrica satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This building is innovation center and production center for a gas detector manufacturer in an industrial area on the suburbs of Tokyo.
This project is part of the consolidation and reorganization of the facilities of Riken Keiki, the pioneer of gas detectors in Japan. By relocating and consolidating its development and production sites from central Tokyo to the suburbs, the company aims to increase intellectual productivity and speed up the development process.
Dimensions & Packaging: Floor:6, Area:24800 square meters
Tags: architecture, facade, R&D Center, Production Center, Tokyo, suburbs
Production Technology: The main facades of the two buildings are unified by the same method of integrating different volumes with an L-shaped motif. The linear elements such as slits, fins, and louvers are used to express a sensor-like impression of precision and sophistication. The façade, with its delicate and diverse expressions, is unique and does not look like a production facility at first glance in the industrial area.
In addition, by placing the green terraces at the same height of the two buildings, we created a green skyline. The green skyline creates a richness in the industrial landscape.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part was the planning of the bridge connecting the two buildings.
The bridge was penetrated into the building and supported by the beams on the second floor of both buildings. The Innovation Center is earthquake-resistant, while the Production Center is seismically isolated, so the two buildings would move differently during earthquakes. In order to follow the movement of the two buildings, the one side is supported by pins and the other side by rollers.
Research: Based on the hypothesis that intellectual productivity can be improved by increasing opportunities to switch minds throughout the day, the interior design was based on the keyword "switching " of the researcher's thinking.
Switching methods include color switching and color temperature switching.
Color Switching: In the innovation center, each floor is given a different floor color.
Color temperature switching: The production center has different lighting color temperatures for production areas and common areas. It encourages the switching of on/off modes.
Inspiration: We planned the architecture with a focus on how to adjoin the innovation center and the production center, how to integrate them, and how to link the development and production departments. In designing the building, we tried to give form to the client's requirements of creating a presence for RIKEN KEIKI, creating a work environment that inspires imagination and strengthening collaboration between departments and increasing intellectual productivity.
Project Duration: The project started in 2012 and finished in 2020 on the suburbs of Tokyo,JAPAN
Operation Flow: The two buildings are connected by a bridge in order to strengthen collaboration between the development and production departments. In addition to easy access to both sides of the building, the green terrace and the adjacent communication space encourage communication between employees and provide a place to increase intellectual productivity.
In this rapidly changing world, an architecture that enables seamless coordination between development and production will become a base for manufacturing that can efficiently and speedily open up the era.
Team Members: Architect: Goichi Kamochi, Hiroshi Satake, Kenji Matsuoka, Kentaro Yasufuku, Fuki Sato
Image Credits: Keita Yamamoto/ Nacasa and Partners Inc.
Naomichi Sode/ SS Tokyo Corporation