Office in Minamiyoshida
Office in Minamiyoshida
Taichi Nishishita Architect & Associates
ARCHITECTS
Taichi Nishishita Architect & Associates
LEAD ARCHITECT
Taichi Nishishita
MANUFACTURERS
Arata Inc., Kyoei Lumber, Yodogawa Steel Works
PHOTOGRAPHS
Hirokazu Fujimura
AREA
172 M²
YEAR
2023
LOCATION
Matsuyama, Japan
CATEGORY
Offices
This is a building for a construction company, including an office and a workshop. Generally speaking, an office space seems to be created only for working.
However, an office space is also a place to take a break, to communicate, and sometimes to welcome visitors.
Because it is the place where we spend most of our time, I hope that it is a space that "enriches the mind" rather than a space that merely fulfills a function.
An office wall/ceiling of wood and plaster, a space with an earthen floor made of Oya-stone, and a garden where you can feel the four seasons.
The office has a three-dimensional structure consisting of an earthen floor, a general floor, and a small raised area.
The space is not subdivided into individual rooms but is gently divided by the difference in height of the floor and original fixtures.
The office has a residential scale with a high-quality atmosphere, and the workshop is a large space with a rough finish.
By covering each of these with a long undercover and a large roof, the appearance of the building is realized as a single structure. The client had long cherished his masterpiece chairs and furnishings.
We aimed to create a harmonious space that would serve as a backdrop for these pieces without being an assertive architectural statement in itself.
The space was designed to be functional but also comfortable on a human scale.
No matter what the purpose of the architecture, we would like to continue designing without wavering from the ideas that we value when creating a house.
