projects completed in 2008 by jun aoki & associates

photo © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates

2008 proved to be a busy year for jun aoki & associates with three of their buildings being completed. the ‘sia aoyama building’ office building, ‘taro nasu’ gallery space and the ‘go-sees hiroo’ photo studios all located in tokyo finished being built within four months of each other.

photo © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates

‘sia aoyama building’ office building

shibuya-ku, tokyo, japan

completed april 2008

the ‘sia aoyama building’ is developed, compared to a standard office space, by embedding the forming factor of simply making the ceiling height 5m. as a result, high windows not only fill the room with an even flow of natural light to the end, but also control the total illumination surface. this leads to the creation of small scattered windows on the exterior walls. there are 7 types of windows, each quadrate with sides of 1150mmm, 1450mm, 1600mm, 1750mm, 1900mm, 2050mm, and 2200mm. they are placed in an orderly, but at the same time disorderly fashion, like a freehand drawing which tries to keep it as accurate as possible. earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete is applied, reducing the thickness of the walls by half, thus creating the right proportions within the tall space. (text by jun aoki)

sia aoyama building photo © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates

photo © daici ano courtesy jun aoki & associates

‘taro nasu’ gallery space / offices

chiyoda-ku, tokyo, japan

completed march 2008

this gallery in the japanese capital is the second space designed by jun aoki & associates for taro nasu, the first being built in osaka in 2006. the newest tokyo location features a brightly lit downstairs gallery with office space located above it.

photo © daici ano courtesy taro nasu gallery artist credit from left to right:ryan gander 2008anton henning 2008

photo © daici ano courtesy taro nasu gallery artist credit from left to right:anton henning 2008djordje ozbolt 2008

photo © daici ano courtesy taro nasu gallery

‘go-sees hiroo’ photography studios

shibuya-ku, tokyo, japan

completed june 2008

a simple composition of three rental photo studios piled up, two underground and one on the ground level, all with the same structure. the ground floor accommodates the parking lot for the studio users. on the left side of the building seen from the street, a slit-like gap 13 meters deep houses the stairs down to the basement. thus, the rectangular block has a total height of 23(13 meters underground and 10 meters above the ground.

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