Location: Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Program: Office
Design firm: Fumihiko Sano Studio
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Construction: Tokyu Land Corporation. / Anachro Co., Ltd. / Uniontec co.,ltd.
total floor area: 700.82㎡
Floors: 1F
Material: Japanese white pine trees, tree bark walls, mirror film, stone
Completion: 05/2019
Photo: Nao Takahashi

This is a hallway within the office with rustic wooden walls and industrial-style exposed ducts at the ceiling.

This is a close looka t the the wooden door with a glass panel within the hallway.

This is a large conference room with blue walls and ceiling making the light wooden table and chairs stand out.

This is another hallway with a large glass wall adorned by a zen-like decoration of rocks and potted plants.

This is a close look at one of the decorative rocks by the glass wall with a textured look.

This is a close look at an open plan setup office area with large wooden tables paired with office chairs to accomodate large quantities of employees.

This is a sort of amphitheater to seat multiple employees and meetings.

This has wooden steps that serve as seats adorned with potted plants.

This is a room behind the wooden steps that has a traditional-style Japanese tatami floor.

This is topped with an industrial exposed ceiling that has modern lighting of warm lights over the floor.

The tatami floor is on a wooden platform with wooden pillars for support.

This isa look at the large open office space with multiple wooden tables and office chairs topped with shiny silvery materials on the ceiling.

The large open area is adorned with a alrge potted plot in the middle that seems to go through the ceiling.

These are then complemented by the natural lighting that comes in from the large windows on the far wall.

There is enough spacing in between the tables for walkways.

This is a close looka t the large potted plant in the middle of the office with a decorative rock at the base.

The project is an office designed for Biz Reach, based in Shibuya, where leading Japanese IT Venture businesses to gather to meet. The client requested a design for an office that differed from current office design trends. In any standard office, the staff is often surrounded by wallpaper, computer mouse, keyboards, and pens. The compact working spaces enveloped between the interior and the exterior environ¬ments, form a barrier which censors the beauty of nature and the changing sea¬sons.

To break free from the monotonous spaces of a traditional office, the renovation sought to create a feeling of being in a garden. The renovation accomplishes this task by incorporating a large stone to function as a reception desk, 150 years old Japanese white pine trees, tree bark walls, and a mirror film ceiling to symbol¬ize the reflection of the sky.

The feel and smell of the various organic and unique materials are visually and sensationally dynamic. The stagnant feeling of spending long hours in the office are offset by the blooming flowers, falling leaves, the smell of cedar and cypress, the different textures in the stone. The renovation serves to generate new experiences for those who work here.