Komachi Building / KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS

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Architects: KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
Area: 50 m²
Year: 2013
Quantity Surveyor: GEN Architectural Management
Construction: Kuboco
Air Conditioning: Comodo

Komachi Building / KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS - Brick, Facade — Courtesy of Key Operation

Text description provided by the architects. Facing a street near the JR Ebisu Station circle, the property is a restaurant building principally envisioned for tenants purveying Japanese cuisine. A compact lot of 76 m2 called for securing the most possible tenant floor space. The sky occupancy factor, which would limit the permitted obstruction of visible sky from land around the lot, was utilized in a study to determine how to gain the most cubic volume for a building. Consequently, the building configuration was set at six levels: tenant space of 48 m2 per level up to the fourth floor with a setback of 50 cm, and an additional setback for the fifth and sixth floors.