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Architects: takaomi yoshimoto + associates
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Courtesy of 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.
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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.
![OH8 Office / takaomi yoshimoto + associates - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/56a9/9fd3/e58e/cee7/e100/0192/newsletter/DSCF2376.jpg?1453957056)
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.
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The space generated between the new additions and the original ceiling makes storage space possible.
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