Grid Aedificium Compositum by Shigeru Tsuda

Grid Aedificium Compositum by Shigeru Tsuda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Architectura Competition Category.

FerrumArchitectura· 2024

Grid Aedificium Compositum

by Shigeru Tsuda

Client: T-Square Design Associates

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Grid Aedificium Compositum

Est aedificium compositum quinque tabulatorum, ante stationem ferroviae Hankyu lineae Kobe in Nishinomiya, Iaponia positum. Area ad omnes fere directiones patet, quod efficit ut aedificium ex omni angulo conspici possit. Structura concreta cum compagibus electa est ut imaginem structuralem fortem praeberet simulque ex omnibus angulis conspici toleraret. Etiam ut aedificium ad nuntiationes servit. Interdiu structura eminet, noctu autem structura in caelum miscetur et nuntiationes apparent.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Grid Aedificium Compositum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Grid Aedificium Compositum creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Grid Aedificium Compositum ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It's a five story compound building located in front of a station of Hankyu railway Kobe line in Nishinomiya, Japan. The site is open to almost all directions which enables the building to be seen from any angles. A concrete frame structure was chosen to give a strong structural image along with the toleration to be seen from any angle. It also serves as an advertisement building. In day time, structure stands out and at night, structure blends into the sky and advertisement appears.
Dimensions & Packaging: It's a small building with each floor area of 77.81㎡.
Production Technology: In order to conceal ads with grid frame, concrete rigid frame structure was chosen and this was an important factor for the design of this building. Certain depth in the structure was needed in order to picturerise ads. Presence was also important for the building since it stands in front of station square. Although it is a 5 story building, the architect wanted to camouflage the story to make the building look taller than it's actual hight. All of these factors led to the design.
Inspiration: Japan is filled with ads in the city and as an architect, it is hard to deny these ads for economical reasons. Therefore, instead of denying this situation, the ads were incorporated into the design of the building under certain rule. The rules were simple. Sandwich the ads with structure and no ads on the outside of the building. The inspiration of this advertisement building came from Ridley Scott's old movie, Blade Runner in 1982 where digital ads flow in the futuristic city of Japan.
Operation Flow: This building is for lease. Different tenant occupy each floor from 1st to 5th.
Team Members: Architect: Shigeru Tsuda
Structural engineer: Etsuji Amano

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