Ftown Building

Architect: Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Location: Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Japan
Project team: Hideo Yaguchi, Azuma Orikasa
Collaborator: Asao Tokolo(faade design)
Structural Design: Arup Japan
Construction: Iwata Chizaki Construction Corporation Tohoku
Site Area: 377 sqm
Project Area: 1,977 sqm
Design Year: 2003-2006
Completion Date: 2007-2008
Photographs: Daici Ano

- See more at: http://architect-1.blogspot.in/2014/10/ftown-building-architectatelier.html#sthash.gwEmAvs9.dpuf

A typical tenant building has a tree-like organization in which each floor is independently
accessed by elevator from the entrance at the first floor. in addition to the normal circulation,
we proposed using voids to connect the spaces of each floor in a spiral arrangement,
incorporating a loop in the unidirectional ordered structure. The access routes to each space
are thereby multiplied; other possibilities for grouping the spaces arise, enabling integrated
usages or tenants that cover several floors. Additionally, the four variations in floor height
and the flexibly organized mechanical services allow a variety of spatial choices. - See more
at: http://architect-1.blogspot.in/2014/10/ftown-building-architectatelier.html#sthash.gwEmAvs9.dpuf