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MR Design Office by Schemata Architecture Office
A slide is hidden behind the mirrored wall in this Tokyo office by Japanese studio Schemata Architecture Office.
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The shoot can be accessed by climbing a ladder up to the top of the bathroom and storage area.
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The office is intended for just five people and features a reflective dome, 3.4metres in diameter, which hangs from the ceiling over a meeting area to project light and contain sound.
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A mirrored wall at one end of the rectangular office makes the space appear larger.
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Photographs are by Takumi Ota.
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Here's a bit of text from the architects:
MR_DESIGN OFFICE
I planned about 190 square meters office only for 5 people. I designed only 2 kind of parts, furniture and infrastructure not to separate a large room into some small room.
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So you can feel 190 square meters in any places in this office.
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And it's notable that the lighting with 3.4m parabolic reflector can reflect not only the light but also sound. So this meeting space doesn't need any partition.
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The Lighting for The Meeting Room
I duplicate bright natural light from metal halide lighting system. And the lighting system can make no shadow.
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Because parabolic reflector can make diffuse reflection. And parabolic reflector can increase the voice between each separate seats only under the reflector.
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Bench
We convert from 4 chairs into 1 bench. The each leg of a bench is transparent because of made of epoxy resin.
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Base Lighting System
We made the base lighting system by spliting a spiral tube in two. Because we want to match the reflectors to other ductworks ceiling.
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Site: Shibuya ward Tokyo
Principal use: Office
Structure: RC
Floor area: 188.20m²
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Construction: Eiger
Furniture: E&Y Epoxy Syuhei Nakamura
Technical cooperation: Izumi Okayasu
Completion: Jun.2010
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