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Minoh-Senba Handai-Mae Station Entrance designed by GEO-GRAPHIC DESIGN LAB. + TOHATA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS. (Japan)

This project constitutes the ingress expanse adjacent to the recently expanded terminus of the Osaka Metropolitan Subway's Midosuji Line, presently elongated in the northerly trajectory. Initially, its functional requirement was to serve as the passageway connecting the third basement floor station entrance to the ground level and pedestrian deck. However, the design competition facilitated the development of this station entrance that transcends its utilitarian purpose, transforming into the public place.

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YSK Office designed by Jindesign Co., Ltd. (Japan)

YSK office is an employment office that helps local residents to find jobs in industrial areas. Rather than aiming to become an office, we aimed to become a place to lean on for people who live and work in this area.

This building has a 1.7-meter balcony around a long rectangular office in the east-west direction, and horizontal wooden louvers, inspired by the "Noren," a traditional Japanese residential solar control device, are attached to the ends to create an energy-saving, comfortable office environment and a space under the eaves for pedestrians on the front street.

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