[TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - COVER IMG] Panoramic view; reflects the greenery and sky of the city and blends in with the landscape/ SS Co., Ltd. Nozomu Shimao
[TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 1] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 2] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 3] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 4] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 5] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 6] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 7] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 8] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 9] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 10] [TAKENAKA CORPORATION - Morinaga Shibaura Building - IMG 11]

Morinaga Shibaura Building

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Commercial Architecture
Firm LocationTokyo, Japan
Project locationMinato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
CompanyTAKENAKA CORPORATION
Lead ArchitectShinichi Kaku
Design TeamChiaki Ishii, Nanako Kobayashi
ClientMorinaga＆Co., Ltd.
Project Videohttps://youtu.be/btp2xdytNqA

The project for the food manufacturing company's head office. As the base for realization of wellness of mind, body and environment, we designed it as the city's forest, where many species coexist. The wood cut at the birthplace of the founder were used as the symbol of corporate philosophy of the wellness. The mirrored facade, act as wind catchers and sunlight controllers, reflects the greenery and sky around the site and blends into the urban scape. Fluctuation of nature is overlapped to uneven workspaces designed from the forest scape, and everyone could find their own favorite spaces.