OH8 Office / takaomi yoshimoto + associates

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Text description provided by the architects. While utilizing the merit of the existing building, the project aims to improve the heat insulating effect at a low cost.

Floor Plan

Before the renovation, the office environment had cold air enter from the window in winter,  and the blind to receive the strong sunlight in summer has been a dead line and a closed space.

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The new space was designed with this continuous window and I thought how to change it to a positive direction.

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The re-thinking and the lighting adjustments of the space help to increase the air-conditioning efficiency in priority during winter, and at the same time the window is a continuous buffer between the external and the internal space.

Diagram Section

The space generated between the new additions and the original ceiling makes storage space possible.

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Project location

Address:Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

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About this office
Cite: "OH8 Office / takaomi yoshimoto + associates" 29 Jan 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/781138/oh8-office-takaomi-yoshimoto-plus-associates> ISSN 0719-8884

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