Aki Hamada Architects was in charge of designing this building located in Kanagawa, Japan. A building that will host an exhibition space and a multipurpose space for the community.
That is why Aki Hamada Architects has made versatility and flexibility characteristic and distinctive elements of the project, so much so that all partitions are fully mobile constructive elements.
 

Description of the project by Aki Hamada Architects

This building is an extension to an existing circuit board factory located near Atsugi base. The first floor area, which had originally been planned as a workshop, was changed to be used as a showroom and a multi-purpose space for local community, and therefore versatility and openness were required. Furthermore, since future reconstruction of the currently used factory building was under consideration, we tried to design an extension allowing for multiple uses, while providing adjustable spaces and programs in accordance with the active involvement of users. 

This building is constructed of a frame structure model designed to accommodate various conditions and requirements, as well as fitting and hardware elements allowing fine tuning by improving their adjustability and renewability. Those spaces in the building are characterized by the composition juxtaposing those elements without losing their original characteristics. 

The site is categorized as semi-industrial zone, where factories and residential houses coexist. A factory is a closed program in a city environment, mostly constructed of steel frame structure covered by exterior walls made of industrial materials; a house also has tendency to be closed in order to maintaining its privacy. 

As a result, those two programs have little chance to get mingled with each other—in a positive sense. The house adjacent to the site has a daily life in which family members sundry the laundry or walk a dog. Then, together with the client, we thought about how a factory should be standing next to such everyday scenery of the neighborhood. 

As a result, we came up with an image of an “open wooden-structure factory” that mediates the relationship between a factory and a house. We expect that this place will be accepted by the local community as a place where people gather, while changing day by day with the active involvement of various people.

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Aki Hamada Architects (Aki Hamada, Ryo Saito).
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Structure.- Konishi Structural Engineers (Yasutaka Konishi, Noboru Enshu). Lighting.- Sirius Ligthing Office (Hirohito Totsune, Ami Tohya). Landscape.- SfG Landscape Architects(Akihiko Ono). Environment.- DE.lab.
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Y.K. Electronics Corporation.
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2017.

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Site area.- 278.25 m². Building area.- 182.4 m². Total floor area.- 290.88 m².
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Aki Hamada was born in1984 in Toyama. In 2010 finished the career of architecture (BA Architecture and Urban Design in Tokyo Metropolitan University). Later, in 2012,  he studied a MA Architecture in the University of Tokyo. In 2012 established studio_01 with Alex Knezo and in 2014 founded Aki Hamada Architects. Two years later joined teamLab Architects as partner.
Awards:
Sendai Design League 2010 — Finalist
5th Daiwa House Competition — Award of Excellence
15th Hokuriku Area House Design Competition — North Japan News Award
Shinkenchiku October 2010 Cover Article “naminoma” (with 5 others)
Tokyo Kenchiku Collection 2012 Award of manuel tardits
SD Review 2012 accepted for “dolphin house” (as studio_01)
Tokyo designers week 2012 Able space competition Grand Prix “barcode room” (as studio_01)
MOT bloomberg pavilion competition Award of Excellence “mildendo”
SD Review 2014 honorable mention “Substrate Factory Ayase”
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