Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these photographs of the Kait workshop at Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan by Junya Ishigami Architects.
The building consists of 305 steel columns surrounded by glass.
The workshop is used by engineering and design students of the Institute of Technology alongside members of the community.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Stunning.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
It’s beautiful. Where is the HVAC system? I would imagine that keeping the space warm or cool enough would be difficult. It doesn’t look like any of the glass is operable, either.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
i really enjoy the freedom in the floorplan and facade. the experience of this workspace must be incredible but can anyone imagine the acoustics and the indoor climate.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
internal climate ?
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
i really like it
at least it deals with materials, light, space… and it is not another blurb
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Despite the questions of practicality. it’s refreshing to see a pristine rectangular prism after all the dodgy indeterminate shapes.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:15 am
IT MOST BE VERY HOT IN THERE , AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER WITH MORE PLANTS INSIDE
May 24th, 2008 at 3:48 am
absolutely mesmerizing.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
it looks like a design greenhouse
May 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hi Regarding internal climate
it was actually quite cool when I was shooting it
It does have some large air conditioning units hidden away
not the most enviromental solution but seems to work
Edmund
May 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
exquisite.
May 25th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I approve of this!
May 27th, 2008 at 2:20 am
woking under the sunshine is not a good idea for the eyes
May 27th, 2008 at 10:03 am
wow.. so many columns to work around.. kinda ok.. nothing that special.. is there are “most minimal” race that I don’t know about?
May 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
speechless. I love the attention of the detail in the corners. Buetifully designed, but like so many of you, cant help but feel that it is going to be roasting!!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 am
What most people don’t know is that each one of those columns are unique and that when you move around them the visibility through the space changes… from a clearer exposed space towards one with greater density. They have a great engineer to help realise their concepts.