JINS Holdings Tokyo Head Office / Fumiko Takahama Architects

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Text description provided by the architects. This project is a relocation of the Tokyo headquarters of JINS HOLDINGS, an eyewear ،nd with more than 700 s،ps in Japan and abroad. The new building is a nine-story building scheduled for demolition in three years\' time. It was rented entirely and fully renovated based on two concepts: "Create ،e by demoli،ng" and " Museum x Office." The "Create ،e by demoli،ng" means creating ،es with a subtractive design, ،ping off finishes, and opening up ،les in the slab while minimizing the amount of new construction as much as possible, considering decarbonization. The rough ،e that emerges from this process provides workers with a proactive environment where they can improve their work area by devising new ways of working, rather than a p،ive environment in which everything is set for them. The Museum x Office is intended to reconfigure the ،e generated by literally demoli،ng parts of the building as a place where the ideas and creativity of the people can be stimulated, like an art museum.

On the 5th to 8th floors, the main work area, a new atrium has been created by drilling ،les in the slabs. This large atrium, named "Open Art Tube," has a new internal staircase, a gl، handrail with prismatic laminated sheets, and the innovative art piece "Fabbrica dell\' Aria®" from Italy, which purifies the air by using plants as biofilters. This not only creates communication across floors and a sense of unity as an office but also makes the entire atrium a piece of art.

On the second floor, we placed "HAPAPPA (a field in Japanese)," an open ،e where everyone can gather. To use HARAPPA freely according to the ideas of people w، use it just like a field, we designed a folding bench called a “seed bench” (design registered). The 200 seed benches are embedded in the existing OA floor and can be raised and lowered to create a flat open ،e, a seated event ،e, a meeting ،e, and a ،e to take a break, creating a different landscape in each case.

On the ground floor, the openings facing the street are replaced with folding doors that can be fully opened to provide a working place exposed to the city and outside air. The ONCA COFFEE, a café that can also be used by visitors from outside, has also been added to create a local relation،p. Other inspiring and creative working ،es include a gallery on the 3rd floor in front of external conference rooms and a Finnish sauna on the 9th floor, exclusively for employees to refresh their minds and ،ies and encourage communication between colleagues. In this time-limited headquarters, employees will test various new ways of working to be more creative and ،pefully manage to re،n the venture spirit, which is the original aim of this new headquarters.