Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana by Shigeru Tsuda

Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana by Shigeru Tsuda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award in Akitekicha, Zvivako neZvivakwa Competition Category.

SimbiAkitekicha· 2024

Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana

by Shigeru Tsuda

Client: T-Square Design Associates

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award Winner in Akitekicha Category

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The Design

About Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana

Ichivakwa chakabatana chine nhurikidzwa shanu chakavakirwa pamberi pechiteshi chenjanji yeHankyu mumutsara weKobe muNishinomiya, Japan. Nzvimbo yacho yakavhurika kumativi ese izvo zvinoita kuti chivakwa chionekwe kubva kumativi ese. Chimiro chekongiri chakasarudzwa kupa chimiro chakasimba pamwe nekugona kuonekwa kubva kurutivi rwupi zvarwo. Chinoshanda zvakare sechivakwa chekushambadzira. Masikati, chimiro chinoonekwa zvakajeka uye usiku, chimiro chinosanganiswa nedenga uye kushambadzira kunoonekwa.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana, rukudzo runokudzwa runopiwa kumadhizaini akanaka anozadzisa zvinodiwa zvehunyanzvi neyeindasitiri zvinotarisirwa kuzvigadzirwa zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Vakunda veSimbi vanoratidza unyanzvi hukuru, hunyanzvi hwakakwirira, kunzwisisa kwevakachenjera uye kugona kwekugadzira kwevagadziri vavo. Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinokudzwa zvakanyanya, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chinoshanda uye chine zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa eindasitiri uye ine hunhu hwetekinoroji hwakakwana hwakabatana neruzivo nehunyanzvi. Nekushanda kwayo zvakanaka, Grid Chivakwa Chakabatana inoremekedzwa uye yakagadzirirwa kupa kuvandudzwa kwehupenyu kunobatsira kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani.

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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