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Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi

Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.


IgweỤlọ Owu· 2025

Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi

by Wataru Omameuda and Hiroko Hayashi

Client: Coplus Co,Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category

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The Design

About Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi

Ọnọdụ nlele ahịrị osisi ginkgo site n'ebe a na-enye ahụ iru ala nke mere na a họpụtara oghere windo ka o gosipụta ahụ iru ala a. Ọ dị ntakịrị iche n'ihe e mere na mbụ site n'ijikọta isi echiche nhazi nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na idozi nsogbu ọha na eze dị ka ibi ndụ mgbe ọrịa coronavirus gasịrị, mbọ ịgbatị ogologo ndụ ụlọ na owuwu na-adịgide adịgide, na obodo n'ime ogige ụlọ obibi. Ọ na-enye ahụmahụ oghere nke ụdị ndụ pụrụ iche. Nchikota ihe dị mfe, siri ike na nke na-abụghị nke a na-emekarị na-enye ya ọdịdị dị jụụ na udo n'ime obodo.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Tokyo Apartment Ogige Ebe Obibi maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The view of the rows of ginkgo trees from this location was so pleasant that we intuitively decided on the position and orientation of the window openings to incorporate this into the living scene. We transformed the elements needed for homes in the current era into three concepts and designed them as an apartment community, a post-corona home, and a structural platform. In this way, we wanted to provide a space experience that is a bit different from what we have seen before, with an extraordinary feeling of living, like a hotel and a second home.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site area: 168.38Square meter Total floor area: 825.07Square meter Building coverage ratio: 64.65% Floor area ratio: 398.66% Structure: reinforced concrete structure Scale: 10 stories above ground Total number of units: 9 units
Tags
After-corona residence, Community, Structure design, hotel design, Openness
Production Technology
The shape of a tower apartment complex is determined by its structural design. Challenging structural stress transmission by eliminating the central reinforced concrete column and creating a void slab. In order to secure a view to the southwest, the south and west beams were turned into reverse beams. We designed these three structural ideas and the facade at the same time, and created a soft expression by using concrete formwork material with cedar planks for the pillars and beams.
Design Challenge
Many apartment complexes in Japan tend to focus too much on security and privacy, and not on the idea of community. As a result, face-to-face neighbor relations tend to occur, such as lack of building maintenance and aesthetics, and troubles between tenants. In this plan, we focused on the idea of a new community and the lounge as a place to create opportunities. By intentionally zoning this lounge into the entrance lobby, we have made it a symbol of the apartment complex.
Research
Under the theme of "Chemical reaction by adding a community", we have designed various accommodations and housing facilities according to the times, environment and circumstances. With the design of cooperative houses as the main axis, we have built up architecture and space creation with an eye on the target, based on our achievements that capture the ideas of real users.
Inspiration
After going through the coronavirus pandemic, I have been thinking about new communities. Inspired by the zoning of hotel lobby lounges, where people can casually drop by, we set this up as a place to start a community in an apartment complex. Under the soft shade of the symbol tree, we hope that it will be a space with a sense of openness and calm, and that it will function as a lounge where residents can communicate with each other as they pass by, and where guests can socialize.
Project Duration
Design period: September 2020 to June 2021 Construction period: February 2023 to July 2024
Operation Flow
With the theme of openness in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the building has one unit per floor, with windows on three sides (excluding the elevators and stairs) to allow wind to pass through, and a spacious 2m-deep balcony to make this area bright and bright. We created a spacious verandah-like exterior space. The interior space has been designed as a flexible room that reflects the modern way of working, including a remote work room, online classes, and large storage space.
Patents
Copyright belongs to Coplus Co., Ltd.
Team Members
Hiroko Hayashi
Image Credits
Copyright belongs to Coplus Co., Ltd.

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