This the head office project at Matsuzaka, Mie prefecture in Japan. The project‘s target is not on the value of the object view in respect to sculptural appearance of the building, but rather on the value of the environmental view with body experience.
Various places are created in the whole of the site with hut volumes and 4 season gardens. The large reflect ceiling and different types of windows invite plantation colors to inside. Body experience here changes dramatically according to seasons, weathers and human activities.
This project proposes a new approach to office design, which enables us to choose working places not only by function or work typology, but also by the experiential qualities of a space and its effect on the human body through reflected nature.
This experience is realized by total design approach from landscape, architecture to furniture as spatial elements equivalently.

Data Sheet
  • Name
    Office in Forest
  • Architect/Art Direction/Furniture + Sign Design
    SUGAWARADAISUKE (Daisuke Sugawara)
  • Support Architect
    Engine Architects + Kitamura Corporation
  • Landscape
    Masae Kawai
  • Construction
    Kitamura Corporation
  • Furniture Fabrication
    STUDIO ANAGRAM.INC
  • Photographer
    Nacasa & Partners Inc. (Takeshi Nakasa)
  • Location
    Matsuzaka, Mie, JAPAN
  • Design Period
    Nov. 2009 – Jun. 2011
  • Construction Period
    Jun. 2011 – Dec. 2011
Prize & Media

2015divisare (web magazine) / ITALY

2015 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARDS 2015 Finalist Spotlight (Architizer)/ USA

2015ARCHITIZER A+ AWARDS 2015 Finalist (USA)/ USA

2014 INSIDE/OUTSIDE OFFICE DESIGN IV(Magazine) / CHINA

2014GLOBAL INTERIOR DESIGN ANNUAL 2013-2014 / CHINA

2014sankaijian / CHINA

2014Prize / 2014 Selected Architectural Designs Young Architects Awaed (AIJ) / JAPAN

2014Selected / Selected Architectural Designs of the Architectural Institute of Japan 2014 (AIJ) / JAPAN

2013C3 347_2013(C3 Publishing) / KOREA

2013archilover (web magazine) / ITALY

2013designboom (web magazine) / UK

2013dezain.net (dezain.net / web magazine) / JAPAN

2013FRAME #91 (FRAME) / NETHERLANDS

2013Architecture Culture #382 (A&C Publishing) / KOREA

2013DECO Journal #211 (DECO Journal)/ KOREA

2013Annual of Space Design in Japan 2013, (Rikuyousha) / JAPAN

2012Shinkenchiku 2012/12 (Shinkenchiku) / JAPAN

2012Silver Prize / “JCD Design Award 2012″ (JCD) / JAPAN

2012Prize“44th Chubu region architectural Award” (Tokai Kenchiku Center) / JAPAN

2012Selected / 18th next generation Japanese architects (Shinkenchiku) / JAPAN

2012Archdaily, (web magazine) / CHILE

2011Archplatforma Web magazine (web magazine) / SPAIN

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