Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami

Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.

KalaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020

Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo

by Takahiro Ichimaru and Tetsuya Tatenami

Client: Nippo Corporation

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo

Kūkā ʻia ʻo ke Keʻena ʻo Nippo ma luna o kahi kikowaena lehulehu o nā ʻoihana o ke kūlanakauhale, kahi ala ākea, a me kahi paka. ʻO Nippo kahi lālā alakaʻi i ka hana alanui. Ua wehewehe lākou iā Michi, ʻo ia ka "alanui" i Iapana, me ke kumu o ka hoʻolālā kumupaʻa e like me "ka mea e hoʻopili ai i nā ʻano māhele". Hoʻopili ʻo Michi i ka hale pili me ka ʻōlelo ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale a hoʻohui pū kekahi i nā kahua hana pilikino kekahi me kekahi. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo Michi no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pilina hoʻomohala a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka Junction Place kahi wahi hana kūikawā hiki wale nō ma Nippo wale nō.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Nippo Junction ʻo Ke Poʻo Poʻo e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

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
Kawasumi Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office Co.,Ltd