[Moriyuki Ochiai Architects, Harumaki Project - Waterscape Office / co-lab gotanda with JPRE - COVER IMG] Daisuke Shima
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Waterscape Office / co-lab gotanda with JPRE

Firm LocationTokyo, Japan
Project locationTokyo.Japan
CompanyMoriyuki Ochiai Architects, Harumaki Project
Lead ArchitectMoriyuki Ochiai
Design Team Design: Moriyuki Ochiai Architects (Moriyuki Ochiai, Jun Ueda)__Creative direction/Operation: Harumaki project__Constructor: Aslego, Obayashi corporation__Special Paint: Coat (Osamu Yamaguchi)__Furniture: Hiro & associe__Photo: Daisuke Shima
Client Japan Post Real Estate
Projecthttps://moriyukiochiai.com/works/waterscape_office

Waterscape Office transforms the memory of Gotanda’s rice fields into a poetic shared office for diverse companies and creators. Inspired by Japanese traditions of making more from a single sheet—kimono, origami and furoshiki—recycled aluminum unfolds across the ceiling as a landscape of waves. Their shifting heights shape spaces for encounters, focus and conversation, while daylight animates the surface with reflections changing across hours and seasons. Rather than imitate nature, the design translates its transience into a living architecture connecting place, material and human creativity.