ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/398425/corona-electric-head-office-and-factory-sachie-isaka-of-bews-yuji-tanabe-architects Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Alarcón https://www.archdaily.com/398425/corona-electric-head-office-and-factory-sachie-isaka-of-bews-yuji-tanabe-architects About 1 hour north of Tokyo by express train is a factory built in 50 years ago in Ibaraki Prefecture. It was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and they wanted me to come to see the plant. When I went to the site just one month after the earthquake, the third floor penthouse was damaged as well as the large canopy that was built in 1950’s that had been a landmark in the site. The Factory was a two-story concrete structure that had supported the economic recovery of the city after World War II in the 1960s. In 1961 (when there was no ready-mixed concrete plant) the 7m cantilevered concrete canopy was made in the field. I was elated to see this daring example of post-war reconstruction created by the president of the company; this adventurous experiment clearly transmitted the spirit and tenacity of the corporation.

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