Aqo Office

Aqo Office
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Aqo Office

Hybe Design Team + Teki Design

ARCHITECTS
Hybe Design Team, Teki Design

DESIGN
Hybe Design Team + Teki Design

CLIENTS
Aqo

MANUFACTURERS
Mirai Sousaku-jo

LIGHTING CONSULTANTS
Filaments

CONSTRUCTION
Set Up

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kenta Hasegawa

AREA
340 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Shizuoka, Japan

CATEGORY
Offices

Aqo Office
© Kenta Hasegawa
Aqo Office
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The client was looking to expand their business and office space with construction in the community.

Aqo Office
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Aqo Office
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How should the office be in relation to the community? We worked on this project with this in mind.

The first floor was originally a space with high ceilings and pleasant light from the outside, so a light wall was added while separating the warehouse functions, By adding a light wall, we planned to soften the sense of enclosure while still allowing people to feel the light from outside.

Aqo Office
© Kenta Hasegawa
Aqo Office
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Only the outline of the space and the necessary functions were included, and the rest of the space was left as a margin that can flexibly change.

On the second floor, a gap was created between the space and the functionality, so that only the volume of the functionality emerges.

Aqo Office
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Aqo Office
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The space is the same as the first floor, but the gaps between the two floors create a place where activities other than desk work can take place.

By creating a space with different characteristics on the first and second floors, the space can accommodate various ways of working, different uses, and different diversities.

Aqo Office
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Aqo Office
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We feel that the future use of the building will be richer if it is not filled to the brim with functions in a predetermined box, but rather if it has blank spaces and openings.

The office for the community, too, should not be confronted with a box full of functions, but rather with blank spaces and gaps, This will create a sense of approachability and familiarity, and from there, connections will begin to be made.

Aqo Office
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Aqo Office
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We hope that this office will become a place that grows together with the local community.

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Aqo Office
Plan - Ground Floor
Aqo Office
Plan - 1st Floor