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Showa Gakuin Elementary School West Wing in Ichikawa, Japan by Nikken Sekkei Ltd

Monday, May 8th, 2023

Article source: Nikken Sekkei Ltd

A contemporary educational facility using two-way CLT flat slabs for the first time in Japan

Showa Gakuin Elementary School West Wing is an expansion of an existing school to accommodate an increasing number of students. In Japan, the trees planted on a large scale during the postwar and high-growth periods are now mature enough to be used as building materials, and it has become a crucial social issue to protect forest resources through a proper harvesting and planting cycle. Nikken Wood Lab, a department of Nikken Sekkei specializing in the research and development of wooden architecture and wood structures, pursued sustainability and explored new possibilities for CLT as mass timber*1 with the use of domestic wood in this project.

Image Courtesy © Gankohsha [Harunori Noda]

Architects: Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Project: Showa Gakuin Elementary School West Wing
Location: Ichikawa, Japan
Photography: Gankohsha [Harunori Noda]
Owner: Showa Gakuin
Lead Architect: Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Construction Company: Taisei Corporation
Building Usage: Elementary School
Site Area: 10,539.29 sq.m.
Total Floor Area: 1,467.84 sqq.m.
Date of Completion: November 2021

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Intelligent Logistics Center PROTO in Ichikawa, Japan by Bureau 0–1

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Article source: Bureau 0–1

Bureau 0–1 designed a showroom to experience firsthand the futuristic logistics center in which robots and people work together. This facility is located in a gigantic distribution depot that opened in April of 2018 and operated by Daiwa House Group. It is a first project for Bureau 0–1 that exceeds 1000 m². [Opened in June of 2016, DPL Ichikawa is the distribution depot located in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.]

Nested in the depot with its rough, industrial aesthetics, we created a new world that begins with the carefully choreographed circulation, and eventually, leading up to the meeting space from which you can see the futuristic distribution system. Under the design concept of “Tectonic,” we sought to design a space that evolves with the systems, technology, and people who work there, and can transform over time.