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Nagomi

Nagomi is a welfare facility designed for the employees of a factory in the suburbs of Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The name Nagomi means to ease the mind in Japanese. The two-floor building covers 1691 square meters and holds a cafeteria, a fitness center, a gallery, relaxation areas and indoor and outdoor event spaces. A curved form and a sloping roof shelter the approach from winter wind and snow. Trussed wings give the cafeteria a wide open space, where the lines of the wooden ceiling are set in a random pattern to create a light and warm interior.

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Yida Creation City

Yida Creation City is an urban exhibition center built as the first project of a science and technology new town base in Zhengzhou, China. The design concept is floating polysilicon, expressed as a simple polyhedron form that refers to the information technology industry. The floating volume is wrapped in a milky white U-shaped glass curtain wall. The first floor holds exhibition and reception space, the second floor a conference and roadshow hall, and the third floor shared offices. The floating volume also links the central park and the civic park into one park system.

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The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic

The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic is a university teaching complex on the central axis of the International Campus of Zhejiang University, beside Juanhu Lake in China. The complex covers about 53,000 square meters and includes eight buildings, such as an auditorium, lecture halls, a business school and an administration building. A round auditorium forms the core, and the other buildings are arranged symmetrically on both sides. Floating platforms and corridors link all buildings. Red brick facades are combined with glass curtain walls and metal roofs.

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L011 Shingle

Through the poetic dimension of natural light, the discovery of shadow, and the light touch of sunlight, rooms were created with the intention to touch the heart and soul. The art of controlling the natural and artificial light in the interior concept brings an immediate physical involvement of the people in the changing seasons' underlines the volatility of the reality and the interdependence between humans and the natural environment. This requires an organic merge between architecture and nature.

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Disappeared Manufacturing

Disappeared Manufacturing is a sales centre built in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The design is based on traditional Taiwanese houses, reinterpreted with a steel structure, glass and metal roof panels. A central courtyard with a skylight is surrounded by showrooms, exhibition areas and a coffee shop. Window grilles, shaped with computer controlled metal lathes, divide the spaces on each floor. A mezzanine platform between two floors allows several events at the same time. Workshops, exhibitions and cultural activities are held in the building.

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Dawn of Spring

Dawn of Spring is a building that serves as a demonstration area at first and as a kindergarten later. The three-storey volume stands at a street corner within a residential community in Zhengzhou, China. The second and third floors are lifted above a transparent lower block, which creates a floating appearance. A glass curtain wall wraps the first floor, while perforated aluminium panels cover the upper facades. Vertical wrinkles in the panels reduce monotony. Interconnected screen walls at the entrance enclose a quiet water courtyard.

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