warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

nousfit warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity by hideo horikawa architect + associates

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using a whimsical tectonic sensibility, hideo horikawa architect + associates have designed a warehouse and workshop for a professional shampoo manufacturer that manifests the company’s fundamental aim to create strong healthy hair. raw wooden pillars exuberantly cross, soar and dance to robustly express brand identity as well as evoke the abstracted image of hair akimbo. the form is streamlined into a angular composition of structural tendrils that puncture the roof and obliquely meet the ground. the metaphor-ridden framework remains laden with architectural ideas; light moves across the beams-turned-filaments and creates a layered skin of shadows that penetrates interior spaces. interiors are fitted with simple, cross joined shelves that allow a different perspective of the pillars and break up the otherwise industrial landscape.   the structural members literally connect interior and exterior spaces as they move through several building systems, including the shattered orthogonal pattern of metal grooves that characterize the second level glazing. in creating a relationship between the built form and the conceptual crux of the company’s operations, the architecture supersedes ideas about enclosure and becomes a tool for communication.

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

the whimsical building is distinct in the industrial landscape

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

the warehouse and workspace has quickly become a communicative tool about brand identity

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

pillars mimic hair akimbo

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

some of the structural tendrils puncture the second level of glazing

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

beam detail shows an abstracted version of hair growth and form

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

interior shelving allows a different perspective of the bolstering system

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

some beams invade interior spaces

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

simple interior joinery remains in dialogue with the complex angled system on the exterior

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

the directness of the architectural metaphor is still laden with ideas about movement and light

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

the built form becomes a vehicle for communication

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

sunset reflects off of the punctured glazing

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

strategic lighting lends the beams a new level of layering

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

night view

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warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

image © katsuhisa kida

 

 

warehouse uses lively wood pillars to express brand identity

a warm yellow glow catches the facets of the beams

image © katsuhisa kida