yasutaka yoshimura architects: nakagawa office

panoramic view of the single-storey nakagawa office

japanese yasutaka yoshimura architects have designed an office building for nakagawa masashichi shoten, a wholesale store in nara city, japan. while the company’s operations for handling tea ceremony and hemp goods were housed in separate buildings, it was decided that the two should be integrated together as one new facility. under such constraints as the need for developing a single-story structure with a parking lot, the focus of design was to construct a work / storage area consisting of flexible spaces.

detail of the façade

interior space

office / work spaces

work spaces with built in storage units

the complex illuminated by night

the arrangement of each unit

site plan