The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān by Akitoshi Imafuku

The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān by Akitoshi Imafuku is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Callitic Tlacauhtli ihuan Tlanextilizpan Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

IztacteocuitlatlCallitic· 2023

The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān

by Akitoshi Imafuku

Client: Taiyo Setsubi Inc.

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Callitic Category

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The Design

About The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān

Inīn calli tequitl īpan tōnatiuh chicāhualiztli calpixqueh Ōsaka. Quinequih mochīhuaz chicāhuac īhuān yōlic tlālticpac netlālīliztli nemi ōztoc tepēmeh īca quicuepazqueh huēhueyi tetetin, achi neci ōztoc Xapon tepēmeh altepētl īpan. Tetzacualtequalli tetetin īhuān cuauhtzotzonalli īca, calli īxco quinēxtia netlālīliztli "Yōliztli īhuān Tōltēcāyōtl Cepancāyōtl." Tequalli tētl calli īxco tlālli icxitl īpan ōme tlacpac ōachtoca calaquiyān īhuān tequalli tētl cepāna īpan tetzacualli tlazohtlaliztli. Tōltēcāyōtl tlālticpactli nōhuiyān mochi calli.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl

The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. The Soleil Building Tequipanōyān quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: “Fusion of Nature and Art”
This is the office building for the solar power company based in Osaka. "Design the future with nature" is the corporate philosophy of the company and its infrastructure is designed to embody the philosophy by adhering to carbon-neutral practices, utilizing solar panels on the rooftop to power the building.
We started planning the design based on “art” in the space, and choose artificial rocks as a foundation of “art.” We wish to design the dynamic and spiritual worldview lurking deep in the mountains by recreating huge rocks which often seen deep in Japanese mountains in the city. Chiseled with artificial rocks and vertical wooden lattices, the building facade manifests the design concept "Fusion of Nature and Art." The artificial rock embedding facade of the ground floor to the 2nd floor continued to the entrance and the artificial rock merges with a sculpture on a theme of love. Art is layered throughout the whole building.
Tags: artificial rock, art, nature
Inspiration: The inspiration came from a giant rock stately stands deep in Japanese mountain. It stands quietly but exude a quiet dignity. Since ancient times, Japanese people believed that spirits dwell in all things like woods, rocks, water and plants in the nature. We hope that the artificial rocks we design will somehow holds the spirituality from the nature.
Image Credits: Masahiro Ishibashi

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