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Otemae University ACADEMIC-ARK

OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY THE ACADEMIC-ARK

To mark the 130th anniversary of the founding of the academy, we plan to build a new campus where about half of the students will study, located closer to the station than the existing campus. Considering what a university should be like in the Internet era, where knowledge can be obtained without going to a place of learning, we created a building that brings people together and a plan composed of triangles made up of the smallest points to concentrate the bustle of learning. Each apex is cut at a large angle to attract people, and a library is floating in the center of the building, creating an extraordinary space with a strong symbolism, and an auditorium where students naturally gather is located below it. The library is surrounded by walking paths with book shelves and classrooms, and the large atrium between the library and the walking paths visualizes the bustle of learning that unfolds here.
facade is covered with an environmentally friendly stainless steel cast screen with a cherry blossom motif, the school's flower. It not only expresses the school's identity, but also functions as a lantern for the local area when lit up at night.

DATA

Year of completion2019
locationIbaraki City, Osaka Prefecture

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ApplicationsEducational institutions
Site area64,415㎡
Total floor area20,409㎡
Floor number5 floors above ground
structureSteel, SRC
Details of the Award

・29th/2019 AACA Awards (Japan Architectural Artists and Crafts Association/Japan) Encouragement Award

・ICONIC AWARDS 2020 (German Design Council) Innovative Architecture: Award Winner

・THE PLAN AWARD 2020 (THE PLAN/Italy) Educational Facilities Category: Finalist

・The Architecture MasterPrize 2020 (Farmani Group/USA) Architectural Design

・Educational Facilities Category: Winner

・61st BCS Awards/2020 (Japan Federation of Construction Contractors)

・7th Suzuki Teichi Award/2021 (Nagoya Institute of Technology Suzuki Teichi Award Secretariat/Japan) Excellence Award (Yasuhiro Sube, Senior Architect/Architectural Design Division 2, Overseas Business Planning Division), Keisuke Aneha, Chief Architect/Architectural Design Division 4)

・32nd JSCA Award / 2021 (Japan Structural Engineers Association / Japan) Work Award (Kenji Nagayama, Chief Engineer / Structural Engineering Department)

・2021 Illumination Awards (48th) (Illuminating Engineering Society: formerly the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America/USA) Lifetime Achievement Award

- 2021 ARCASIA Architecture Awards (ARCASIA/Singapore) Gold Medal (Yasuhiro Sube, Senior Architect/Architectural Design Division 2, Overseas Business Planning Division), Keisuke Aneha, Chief Architect/Architectural Design Division 4)

・2021 Japan Steel Construction Association Achievement Award (Japan Steel Construction Association/Japan) Achievement Award

・40th Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award (Osaka Machinami Award) / 2021 (Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award Steering Committee / Japan) Encouragement Award

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