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Otemae University Building No. 1

1st Office Building, Otemon Gakuin University

PROJECTS

Otemae University Building No. 1

1st Office Building, Otemon Gakuin University

This is a reconstruction project for the university administration building. The plan called for maintaining the sense of unity of the campus together with the previously completed Central Building and Building 6, and for it to be highly symbolic as an independent building while also taking into consideration the viewer/be seen relationship with the surrounding buildings nearby. In order to achieve both functionality for conducting university affairs and a design that will leave a lasting impression on those who visit the university, we created an office where cherry blossoms, the flower of the university, are in full bloom. The windows can be opened and closed so that the cherry blossoms sway in the breeze, and there is no need to rely on air conditioning during the interim period. The cherry blossoms on the cast serve as sunshades to block out the sun's rays and as a symbol that lifts the spirits of the employees, resulting in a new building that reduces solar load more than a double-skin building.

DATA

Year of completion2009
locationIbaraki City, Osaka Prefecture

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Applicationsoffice
Site area153,238㎡
Total floor area4,812㎡
Floor number3 floors above ground, 1 floor below ground
structureRC (PC beams), S
Details of the Award

・2010 Japan Institute of Architects Best 100 Architecture Selection (Japan Institute of Architects/Japan)

・2nd Rooftop Development "Kansai Sakigake Award" / 2010 (NPO Rooftop Development Research Association Osaka Branch / Japan)

・56th Osaka Architecture Competition/2010 (Osaka Prefectural Architects Association/Japan), Osaka Prefectural Governor's Award (Part 2)

・2010 23rd Nikkei New Office Awards (New Office Promotion Association/Japan), Kinki New Office Special Award, Identity Award

・21st AACA Award/2011 (Japan Architectural Artists and Craftsmen's Association/Japan), Encouragement Award

・Selected Works of the Architectural Institute of Japan 2011 (Architectural Institute of Japan)

・31st Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award Encouragement Award (Osaka Townscape Award/2012 (Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award Steering Committee/Japan) Encouragement Award

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Related LinksOtemae University Central Building, Building 6

Update : 2016.06.22

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