Wall Cloud

Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota

Wall Cloud

Ryuichi Sasaki + Sasaki Architecture

LEASING MANAGEMENT
E-sohko Group

LIGHTING DESIGN
Kazuhiro Nagashima, Chips Llc + Natsuha Kameoka, Lighting Sou

LIGHT
Lighting Sou

PRODUCER/CLIENT
Re-sohko, Hiroo Ikeda

CONTRACTOR/MANUFACTURES
E-sohko Group + Urban Plan

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Ryuichi Sasaki

PHOTOGRAPHS
Takumi Ota

AREA
195 M²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Minato, Japan

CATEGORY
Adaptive Reuse, Offices Interiors

In recent years, various renovation projects have been attempted for a warehouse building, at which a legendary disco, “Juliana's Tokyo”, once existed as a symbol of the Tokyo waterfront in the early 1990s.

Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota

However, the attic part of the former discotheque on the second floor remained untouched for a long time, since it had a low ceiling height of 2.1m with only 1.7m under the beams, causing an oppressive feeling in the space.

Our design intended to create an open space with floating walls and pillars.

Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota

The beams and other components were reconsidered as different spatial components, and were redefined in the space.

The ceilings were removed, and the beams now surround the space as drifting walls, while lights are used to enhance the sense of floating.

Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota

Dividers of individual spaces for tenants are transparent glass attached beneath the wall volume. Floating walls are also placed in the entrance lounge, and function as shelves or counter desks.

The “Tenant A” zone adjacent to the entrance lounge visually achieves a sense of unity and openness, and the “Tenant B” in the back consists of a single space where the entire walls are floating.

Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota

The oppressive attic-like space of a symbol of the past was transformed like a wall cloud, and regen erated as an impressive space.


Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota
Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota


Wall Cloud
© Takumi Ota


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