G Architects Studio

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office

G architects studio + Ryohei Tanaka

ARCHITECTS
G Architects Studio, Ryohei Tanaka

DESIGN TEAM
Ryohei Tanaka, Kazuki Nishimura

CLIENT
Graph Co. Ltd.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daisuke Shima

AREA
126 M²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Tokyo, Japan

CATEGORY
Offices, Offices Interiors

This is a relocation project for GRAPH Co.Ltd, a design agency run by designer and artist Issay Kitagawa.

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima
GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima

The new office space is situated at Hill Side Terrace which was created by Pritzker Prize winner Architect Fumihiko Maki. It is a complex composed of private houses, stores, and offices.

The office is next to a mound where a small shrine stands, and where the impressive, beautiful green of the preserved trees can be viewed.

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima
GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima

Mr. Kitagawa went to a school designed by the architect. He decided to move into this building because he liked the atmosphere which reminded him of the school.

Unfortunately, the space was repeatedly renovated before Mr. Kitagawa decided to relocate, and had become something that no longer reflected the architect's hallmark touch.

The client's main business is graphic design. So we thought it would be logical to keep the elements as simple as possible, and decided to use only the white color throughout the space.

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima
GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima
GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima

We completed the design by installing furniture in the space. The result is aimed at paying the building and its originality maximum respect.

After completion, the client placed four pairs of slippers in four different colors in the all-white entrance. When entering the office, visitors are thus encouraged to take off their shoes - as is the custom in Japanese homes.

The impressive scene gives a tense atmosphere to the all-white entrance. It might even lead you to imagine that there is a "kekkai" (boundary zone at a shinto shrine) at the entrance.

GRAPH Tokyo Head Office
© Daisuke Shima


GRAPH Tokyo Head Office


GRAPH Tokyo Head Office


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