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Down to Earth Practice: How Some Japanese Architects Have Taken their Offices to the Streets

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As the discourse about the way we work continues past the original pandemic concern and past the hybrid, remote, or what was once called traditional office space; employers and employees alike are still revisiting mental comfort requirements of a post-pandemic worker. While there are many types of work environments and worker needs that have to be addressed separately (besides the white-collar or knowledge worker), from a design and policies front; one particular, newborn model has been popping up in recent years, thus far seen through some unique, smallscale yet norm challenging Japanese offices. 

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Balcony House / Takeshi Hosaka Architects

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Taitō, Japan
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  48
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lixil Corporation, MIHAMA TSUSHO, Maxray, SK Kaken, Tokyo Gus

Double Helix House / Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Architects

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Taito, Japan

En yu-An / Fumihiko Sano Studio

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CC4441 / Tomokazu Hayakawa Architects

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