Kensuke Watanabe (kwas/kensuke watanabe architecture studio)

This is a project to build a new main office to integrate several departments that had been scattered throughout the existing chemical plant. We aimed to create an office space that would generate fresh ideas and projects through incidental interactions. The space is continuous from the ground to the rooftop with floor levels of 450mm each, that circles three times around the two cores in the north and south, creating a unified space that almost feel like there is no floors. The central atrium has an overhanging slab, and bridges and staircases connect the two sides of the building, which provides users with various alternatives for circulations.