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The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award سون انعام in فنِ تعمير، عمارت ۽ ڍانچي جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.


سونفنِ تعمير· 2020

The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: TIA Co., Ltd.,

A' Design Award سون انعام Winner in فنِ تعمير Category

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The Design

About The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت

پولي ڪيوبائيڊ TIA لاءِ نئين هيڊ ڪوارٽر آهي ، هي ڪمپني جيڪو انشورنس سروسز فراهم ڪري ٿي. پهرين منزل سائيٽ جي حدن ۽ 700 ايم ايم قطر پاڻي واري پائپ جي شڪل اختيار ڪئي وئي هئي جيڪا سائيٽ کي زمين جي هيٺانهين ڪري فائونڊيشن جي جاءِ کي محدود ڪري رهي آهي. دھاتي جوڙجڪ ساخت جي مختلف بلاڪن ۾ dissهليل آهي. ستون ۽ شمع خلائي نحو کان غائب ٿي وڃن ٿا ، هڪ شئي جي تاثر کي ختم ڪندي ، جڏهن ته هڪ عمارت کي ختم ڪري به ڇڏي ٿو. ووميوٽيڪڪ ڊيزائن TIA جي لوگو کان متاثر آهي خود عمارت کي آئڪن ۾ تبديل ڪندي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award سون انعام

The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت A' Design Award سون انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، انتهائي معزز اعتراف جيڪو پهرين درجي جي، شاندار ۽ نمايان ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. سون جا کٽيندڙ انتهائي جدت واريون، تمام گهڻي بصيرت واريون ۽ شاندار طرح اکيون خيره ڪندڙ تخليقون آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي عبقريت، حڪمت ۽ مهارت جي عڪاسي ڪن ٿيون. The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو ساراهيل، رجحان ساز ۽ يادگار ايجاد هوندو جيڪو بي مثال قدر پيش ڪري ٿو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award سون انعام کٽيو آهي، هڪ شاندار، محترم منصوبو آهي جيڪو فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جون حدون تمام گهڻي فائدي سان وڌائي ٿو. The PolyCuboid دفتري عمارت اڏاوت شديد خواهش جا جذبا پيدا ڪري ٿو، جوش جاڳائي ٿو، تخليقيت کي همٿائي ٿو ۽ اسان کي مسحور ڪري ٿو.

Behind the Design

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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.

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