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Center Court and office over the windows / Photographer Kenya Chiba

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NAKANISHI New Headquarters and R&D Center RD1

PrizeWinner in Architectural Design / Industrial Buildings

Firm Locationshibuya-ku, Japan

CompanyAtsushi Kitagawara Architects Inc.

Lead ArchitectAtsushi Kitagawara

Design TeamArch. Daisuke Kobayashi, Arch. Motomi Nishiuchi, Arch.Mayuko Matsukawa

ClientNAKANISHI.INC (NSK)

Projecthttp://www.kitagawara.co.jp/works/1842

NSK is the no.1 global market share company in dental hand pieces. The idea of a light well emerged called “Center Court” composing a communication core area. The spiral slope that represents a symbolic figure of “ultra-high-speed rotation technology” ascends along the inverted conical RC wall, and seamlessly connects each floor to encourage a variety of communication. Through repeated studies on the rain-water flow, light reflection and shading, we invented a cladding system in aluminum called ‘Σ panel’, which controls the interior space environment through seasonal changes.