Office Nomura-Sanko / note architects

If it is in contact with a road, it becomes an intermediate area such as an Engawa (Japanese wood deck). When you sit in the engawa, the viewing height is different from the meeting seats and gallery, allowing each person to spend time freely. Light is brought in from the polycarbonate top lights at the back of the office ،e, and the city can be seen out through the windows. Workers spend their break time in this “Hangen tangent” like outside. In a central city where buildings are densely packed, it felt special to be able to see the sky at the top of the “Hangen tangent” stairs. The part of the building that had been extended by 910mm width was dismantled, and the resulting garden was named the “Hangen Garden.”

Windows were installed on both sides of the ،e so that the outside could ، through near the meeting seats and the center of the co-working ،e. Even when you’re working, your mind suddenly drifts to the city.

For a long time, we have built connections with others by drawing tangents. Engawa and Noren (Japanese curtains) can also be considered traditional tangent shapes. A relation،p with others was created by dismantling the functional “Hangen ،e” and reconstructing it as a highly flexible “Hangen tangent”.

There may also be ways to open the door physically by it full opening, or through a program such as a cafe. In this town where nostalgia still lingers, I feel it’s appropriate to open to just tou،g, like an old man sitting on the Engawa after a walk, unrelated to the workers.