Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi by Shigeru Tsuda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

UʻameaFausaga Fale· 2024

Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi

by Shigeru Tsuda

Client: T-Square Design Associates

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi

O se fale tu'ufa'atasi e lima ona tulaga o lo'o tu'u i luma o se nofoaga nonotau o le laina nonotau Hankyu Kobe i Nishinomiya, Iapani. O le nofoaga e tatala i toetoe lava uma itu lea e mafai ai ona va'aia le fale mai itu uma. Na filifilia se fausia fa'ila sima e tu'u atu ai se fa'aaliga malosi o le fausia fa'atasi ai ma le gafatia e va'aia mai itu uma. E avea fo'i ma fale fa'asalalauga. I le ao, e iloga le fausia ae i le po, e fa'afefiloi le fausia i le lagi ma aliali mai le fa'asalalauga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Grid Fale Tu'ufa'atasi ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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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