Oharasando Building
OHARASANDO BUILDING
ARCHITECTS
Toru Shimokawa Architects
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Toru Shimokawa
CONSTRUCTION
Sansyu Construction
DESIGN TEAM
Toru Shimokawa Architects
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Atelier742, Kenichiro Takashima
PHOTOGRAPHS
Ken’ichi Suzuki
AREA
289 m²
YEAR
2020
LOCATION
Oita, Japan
CATEGORY
Store
This flagship shop of multi-brand apparel is located in Hita City, Oita prefecture.
The architect put emphasis on transparency of the interior, for shoppers inside the store feel uncomfortable when they are seen from outside the glazed openings.
To make a gap of eye levels of people in-store or on the street, the men’s floor is half underground and the ladies’ floor is the raised ground floor.
The concrete beams and columns surround the store to make buffering voids around under a thick concrete overhang.
The repeated stark concrete lattice expressively induces visitors to step into the store.
Once you enter the piloti, you will be impressed with the strong horizontal lines and the volume of the concrete.
