The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Vaj Tsev, Tsev thiab Qauv Tsev Competition Category.

KubVaj Tsev· 2020

The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: TIA Co., Ltd.,

A' Design Award Kub Winner in Vaj Tsev Category

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The Design

About The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev

PolyCuboid yog lub tsev pabcuam tshiab rau TIA, lub tuam txhab uas muab kev pabcuam tuav pov hwm. Hauv pem teb ua ntej lawm los ntawm qhov kev txwv ntawm qhov chaw thiab 700 hli txoj kab uas hla dej yeeb nkab uas hla txoj kev xaib hauv qab no ua kom muaj kev txwv chaw. Nws yog xim hlau qauv dissolves rau hauv qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov muaj pes tsawg leeg. Cov ncej thiab cov nqaj ploj ntawm qhov chaw syntax, xam pom qhov pom ntawm ib yam khoom, thaum tseem tab tom kho lub tsev ntawd. Tus qauv siv hluav taws xob tau raug tshoov siab los ntawm TIA's Logo tig lub tsev nws tus kheej mus rau hauv lub cim uas sawv cev rau lub tuam txhab.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kub

The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Kub, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib ib, zoo kawg nkaus thiab tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg yeej Kub yog cov khoom tsim tshiab heev, pom deb heev thiab ci ntsa iab uas qhia txog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj thiab lub zog ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev xav tias yuav yog ib qho kev tsim uas tau txais kev qhuas ntau, tsim kev nyiam tshiab thiab loj uas ua rau muaj nqi tsis tau muaj dua. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Kub no yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus thiab muaj kev hwm uas pab tau ntau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. The PolyCuboid Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tsev ua rau muaj kev xav tau heev, txhawb kev mob siab, txhawb kev tsim tshiab thiab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob.

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.