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Mole by Ninkipen!
Japanese office Ninkipen have completed this office in Osaka with a facade of aluminum louvres that appear to bubble.
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The office was designed for a cosmetic company and inspired by the bubbles found in gelled ointment.
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The louvres are made from 2.5 milimetre profiled aluminium.
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The offices have an exposed concrete interior with a central staircase.
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All photographs are by Hiroki Kawata.
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Mole by Ninkipen!
This is a small office for a cosmetic company Osaka,Japan.
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I thought that I was going to express the image of geled cosmetics that is staple merchandise of the company on the facade.
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Treating the motif of bobble contained in gel directly, I abstracted it and I tried to merge it in scenery in change it according to the angle.
![Mole by Ninkipen! Mole by Ninkipen!](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/08/dzn_Mole-by-Ninkipen-8.jpg)
The louver is made of the 2.5mm aluminum.
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First of all, the plate with the different curvature is bent like the L angle, next, the angle is arranged in order of the curvature, then, emboss comes to the surface from among the louver.
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I assumed that emboss was a bobble, and I laid it out rhythmically imaging going up in water.
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The facade shines like the lantern at night by the light that leaks between louvers, and this architecture begins to become a landmark in the residential area.
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Project name: mole
Architect: YASUO IMAZU/ninkipen! Architect office
Use: office
Location: Osaka, Japan
Scale: 197.19㎡
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