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Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ by Reiichi Ikeda

Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ by Reiichi Ikeda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.


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Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ

by Reiichi Ikeda

Client: Nippon Shinyaku Koku

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ

Ndị na-emepụta ihe haziri oghere adreesị efu n'ime isi ụlọ ọrụ Nippon Shinyaku, ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ọgwụ nke dị na Kyoto Prefecture. E mere atụmatụ maka akụkụ nke nnukwu saịtị dị nso na ọdụ Nishioji, bụ ebe ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ na-eguzo n'akụkụ. Iji mee ememe ncheta afọ 100 nke ntọala ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, ọrụ ahụ malitere na njedebe nke 2019. Otú ọ dị, a ghaghị ịkwụsị ya nwa oge n'ihi mgbasa nke ọrịa coronavirus ọhụrụ a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya. Emechara ya n'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 2021.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Nippon Shinyaku Koku Oghere Ụlọ Ọrụ na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
We designed the free address space inside the headquarters of Nippon Shinyaku, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Kyoto Prefecture.

It was planned for a corner of a vast site near Nishioji station, where several office buildings stand side by side.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding, the project began in late 2019. However, it had to be stopped temporarily due to the unprecedented spread of the novel coronavirus. It was finally completed in the summer of 2021.
Dimensions & Packaging
Area:369.8 square meters
Tags
office, interior, japan, kyoto
Production Technology
Main finishing material
Floor: mortar base with magnetic tiles, mortar metal trowel holder
Walls: PB groundwork AEP, round pillars/mortar metal trowel holder, wall frame/ST assembly baking paint, curtain/lace fabric crease processing
Ceiling: Existing slab base AEP
Fixtures: Big table/legs/magashiro wood dyed finish, top plate/melamine veneer pasted (K-6305/Aica Kogyo), counter/exposed concrete finish
Lighting equipment: Brass custom-made pendant lighting (vao place)
Design Challenge
While capturing the background of Kyoto, we aimed to create a place that is conscious of connecting the left behind interior to the outside, from the environmental conditions that the building does not face the public road as in the past.
Research
1.By inserting the same tiles as the outdoor tiles into the interior, the boundary points between the inside and outside are controlled by the design.
2. Based on the traditional Japanese concept of "continued room", we scattered frames that traced the outline of the fusuma.
3. Since all the buildings on the premises are reddish brown, the interior is also affected and the process of dyeing everywhere is expressed.
Inspiration
Incorporating the idea of ​​​​“tuzukima” in Japanese architecture, the steel frames that trace the outline of the fusuma are scattered along the span of the frame beam. It is not just a wall that seeks a function, but an open space that controls consciousness and aims to be "something that gently forms individual areas". I want you to spend your time in a place that fits you.
Project Duration
Construction began in Kyoto on April 13, 2021 and was completed on July 27, 2021.
Operation Flow
First, we increased the boundary between the inside and outside by incorporating diagonal lines ub the form of a V-shape for the glass walls, which previously ran parallel. Then, we made the boundary area between the inside and outside ambiguous by taking the floor tiles, which had originally been designed for an outside environment, and allowing them to overflow into the inside space, even biting into the V-shaped glass walls.

What’s more, the process of repeated expansion throughout the company’s long history turned the exterior of the building a reddish-brown. This view of the site and its colors express the ongoing process in this change in color, as though it is changing the building’s interior as well.

In order to categorize the scene, we incorporated the idea of the “tsuzukiai” present in the sukiya style of building. Thus, steel frames that trace the outlines of the fusuma (Japanese paper sliding doors) are scattered along the span of the skeleton beams. As such, these walls are not just function, like ensuring privacy or sound insulation. Rather, they aim to create an open space while controlling the consciousness of lookers on to emphasize the gentle form of the individual areas.

It is perfect for spending your time as you see fit.
Team Members
design/REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN Reiichi Ikeda
partner/Aji Architects Tomoko Nagahiro
lighting/Modulex Jun Ikeda
bgm/Espec Junji Ozono
curtain/fabricscape Kiyohiko Yamamoto
green/Bond Satoshi Tanii
art/Tokuhiro Kano
funiture/inter office Akio Hayashi
custom lighting/vaoplace Hirohumi Oba
interactive Satoshi Kamewaka
sign/kantaro Midori Hirota
Constructor/Kanazawa Contruction Hideki Kanazawa
Photographer/Yoshiro Masuda
Photographer:Yoshiro Masuda
Image Credits
Photographer:Yoshiro Masuda

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