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Sasame Workshop
Saitama, Japan
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Sasame Workshop
Saitama, Japan
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
A Landscape of Memories
When we immerse ourselves in work or engage in conversation, do we truly pay attention to the arrangement of furniture or the view beyond the window? Why is it that, on nights following significant events, it is often the most trivial of backdrops that resurface in our dreams? The hazy landscapes that drift quietly in the background seem to harbor an indefinable intensity, one that cannot be reduced to the clear images our consciousness confronts.
In the southwestern part of Toda City in Saitama Prefecture, amidst the factory district along the left bank of the Arakawa River, we sought to create a landscape that evokes such memories. The client, an air-conditioning equipment company operating in the area for over 20 years, faced the dual challenges of an aging office building and an inefficient workspace. A skip-floor configuration was introduced, reducing roof height and volume while enabling visual connections between upper and lower floors and promoting the movement of light and air. Transparent partitions were installed at points where the staggered floors face the central internal staircase. These partitions can be opened or closed to suit temperature changes or personal needs, reducing the air-conditioning load while allowing occupants to enjoy the evolving indoor and outdoor views.
Avoiding Excessive Resolution
The second floor, which serves as the primary workspace, features a terrace enveloped by greenery. This terrace mitigates sunlight from the southwest and serves as a buffer between the building and adjacent factories. By embracing the surrounding elements—such as the terrace’s plantings, the distant greenery, the industrial landscapes, and even the mechanical noises—the environment is reinterpreted through its relationship with the human body.
The primary light-facing exterior walls and interior partitions are made from multi-layered polycarbonate panels. Since each floor requires different levels of wind resistance and transparency, the landscape appears at varying resolutions depending on the location. Plantings, weathered siding, the Arakawa embankment, rusted corrugated rooftops, and staggered interiors glimpsed across the staircase are all mediated at a consistent level of resolution. The noise from the factories intertwines with the landscape as a basso continuo. This softened landscape creates spaces of imagination, inviting shifts between memory and reality.
When we immerse ourselves in work or engage in conversation, do we truly pay attention to the arrangement of furniture or the view beyond the window? Why is it that, on nights following significant events, it is often the most trivial of backdrops that resurface in our dreams? The hazy landscapes that drift quietly in the background seem to harbor an indefinable intensity, one that cannot be reduced to the clear images our consciousness confronts.
In the southwestern part of Toda City in Saitama Prefecture, amidst the factory district along the left bank of the Arakawa River, we sought to create a landscape that evokes such memories. The client, an air-conditioning equipment company operating in the area for over 20 years, faced the dual challenges of an aging office building and an inefficient workspace. A skip-floor configuration was introduced, reducing roof height and volume while enabling visual connections between upper and lower floors and promoting the movement of light and air. Transparent partitions were installed at points where the staggered floors face the central internal staircase. These partitions can be opened or closed to suit temperature changes or personal needs, reducing the air-conditioning load while allowing occupants to enjoy the evolving indoor and outdoor views.
Avoiding Excessive Resolution
The second floor, which serves as the primary workspace, features a terrace enveloped by greenery. This terrace mitigates sunlight from the southwest and serves as a buffer between the building and adjacent factories. By embracing the surrounding elements—such as the terrace’s plantings, the distant greenery, the industrial landscapes, and even the mechanical noises—the environment is reinterpreted through its relationship with the human body.
The primary light-facing exterior walls and interior partitions are made from multi-layered polycarbonate panels. Since each floor requires different levels of wind resistance and transparency, the landscape appears at varying resolutions depending on the location. Plantings, weathered siding, the Arakawa embankment, rusted corrugated rooftops, and staggered interiors glimpsed across the staircase are all mediated at a consistent level of resolution. The noise from the factories intertwines with the landscape as a basso continuo. This softened landscape creates spaces of imagination, inviting shifts between memory and reality.
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