Organic Design Inc.

ReBar

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

ARCHITECTS
Organic Design Inc.

CLIENTS
Re-Sohko

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yukinori Okamura

AREA
150.0 m2

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
3-5-13, Kaigan, Minato Ku, Tokyo To, 108-0022, Japan

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

Text description provided by architect.

We were commissioned to create a space that would bring new life (and a new tenant) to the vacant first floor in a 33-year-old rental office building.

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

We responded by designing this free space in one corner of the floor.

Because the building has central air conditioning, it was necessary to maintain airflow throughout.

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

We researched various materials that would not interfere with airflow, such as perforated panels, mesh, and louvers while also thinking about how we could create a “transparent” atmosphere to encourage wide-ranging intellectual discussion in the space.

The project’s title, ReBar, derives from “reinforcing bar,” the steel bars or mesh typically used to strengthen reinforced concrete.

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

Ordinarily rebar is not visible on the surface, but in this project it encloses the space, serving both a functional and design purpose.

The functional role of the rebar is to allow the energy generated by people lecturing and engaging in discussions in the free space to overflow the translucent steel mesh walls through which people can be both seen and heard.

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

Our hope is that this inspires and positively impacts the office workers on the rest of the floor. The mesh walls also let air and light pass through unobstructed.

The design function of the translucent walls is to connect the various parts of the space into a whole.

ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura

Against a calming blue background, the white steel bars comprise a deformed inorganic structure that serves as an interactive partition across which the lively intellectual discussions taking place inside can pass. The concept is for this to boost the motivation of everyone on the floor.


ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura
ReBar
© Yukinori Okamura


ReBar
Plan
ReBar
Floor plan


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Elevation 01
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Elevation 02 - 03
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Elevation 04 - 05

Organic Design Inc.
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Organic Design Inc.
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