Keep Exploring Architizer by Creating a Free Account or Logging in.

This feature is for industry professionals.  To unlock it, signup and then join or add your company. To unlock this feature,  signup and then submit your professional details.

Membership is Free.

LinkedIn Facebook Google
or
Already a Member? Sign in.
Add To Collection Add to Collection
GREEN TRIANGLE - AOYAMA 346  

GREEN TRIANGLE - AOYAMA 346

Tokyo, Japan

View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection
View Original View Original
Add To Collection Add to Collection

Other Projects by Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Daita

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Modelia Brut KAGURAZAKA

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Modelia Days GOKOKUJI

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Wall Cloud

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Hasselblad Tokyo Boutique

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Kaetsu University A105 Class Room

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Kaetsu University Admission Office

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Base Minami Aoyama

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Hasselblad Japan Office and Gallery

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Yomogino Ryokan Hot Spa

Add To Collection Add to Collection

Scandinavian Tourist Board, Tokyo Office

Add To Collection Add to Collection

aoyama 346 underway

GREEN TRIANGLE - AOYAMA 346

Tokyo, Japan

STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
A three-story office and retail complex in the Minami Aoyama area of Tokyo, Green Triangle—Aoyama 346 is an interplay of multiple green triangles, which articulate the liminal spaces that intermediate between the interior and the exterior of the building. The design is also a response to the client’s request to create “an urban oasis” in the very heart of the city.



The project sits on a hilly, “flagpole” 750-square-meter site that is cornered by streets to the west, east, and north—the last one of which is a private driveway that is integrated into the overall design.

The design primarily exploits these site conditions by referencing the geometry of triangles that variegate in their materiality, hue, and density as they progress from the exterior into the interior.

A triangular, two-story void features potted plants that hang from above, folding in greenery into the building and offering visual connection with the adjacent main street through its glass curtain wall.



Retail and restaurant spaces are punctured by semi-open triangular balconies around the building’s corners.

A triangular bridge connects the two zones of the complex, from which exposed beams intersect on the exterior to juxtapose the building with the landscape elements. In particular, the linear arrangement of mirror stainless steel, LED light, flexible board, and glass in the skylight hall showcases an infinite interplay of angular forms, where sunlight pours through the top light and the vertical slit and bounces off among the striated, reflective materials.



These elements, together with the surrounding landscape, are projected onto the lustrous tiles on the façade and the glass curtain walls, as well as the mirror stainless steel that lines the interior hallway, further reinforcing the idea of interpenetration.



Data sheet

Architects: Ryuichi Sasaki + Rieko Okumura / SASAKI ARCHITECTURE

Architectural Team: Ryuichi Sasaki, Rieko Okumura, Mikio Sasaki, Kiyoshi Iwabuchi, Miwa Takeuchi, Mieko Watanabe, Akemi Nozawa, Anna Kwapień / SASAKI ARCHITECTURE



Landscape Design: Takeshi Matsuo + Takeshi Mita/PLAT design

Graphic Design: Ryuichi Nambu/Nambu Design + Yoshinari Takahashi

Lighting Design: Kazuhiro Kawamura/sola associates

Structure Engineering: OZ.An + Rhythm Design

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Yuko Sakurai / Hezeraf

Facade Engineering: STANDARD



Contractor: SHIN

PM: N ASSET TOKYO

Client: KIKUMOTO

Photography: Koichi Torimura, Ryota Atarashi



Site Area: 751.71 SQM

Building Area: 1136.75 SQM

Structure: steel structure 3 stories

Location: 3-4-6 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Grand Opening: Spring 2015

Product Spec Sheet

Were your products used?
Join as a manufacturer to add your products.

Collaborating Firms

Team