The function of this architecture is security and controlling all the floodgates located at port of Fukura, enlighten dangerous of the Tsunami for tourists, and use as a place of refuge in case of the Tsunami warning. For these reasons, ensure to keep the spaces of necessary and viewpoint for watching all over the port, also rational shape and structure to against of Tsunami and the drift came after disaster are necessary.

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• Architect: Endo Shuhei Architect
• Project: Looptecture Fukura
• Location: Minamiawaji-city, Hyogo-pref. Japan
• Completion: March 2010
• Principal use: Fukura Port Tsunami Disaster Prevention Station
• Structure System: Steel
• Extent: 2 stories
• Site Area: 8,502m2
• Building Area: 310m2
• Total Floor Area: 376m2
• Client: Hyogo- Prefecture
• Design Period: March 2007 – February 2009
• Construction Period: March 2009 – March 2010
• Design / construction supervision: Endo Shuhei Architect Institute
• Structure: Hirokazu Toki, S3 Associates / Ichiro Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Kamijima
• Landscape: Takeda Planning and Design Office / Shiro Takeda, Yukako Iwata
• Contractor: Moricho Corporation
• Photography: Yoshiharu Matsumura
• Software used: Vectorworks

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