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Otemae University ACADEMIC-ARK

OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY THE ACADEMIC-ARK

To mark the 130th anniversary of the founding of the academy, we plan to build a new campus where about half of the students will study, located closer to the station than the existing campus. Considering what a university should be like in the Internet era, where knowledge can be obtained without going to a place of learning, we created a building that brings people together and a triangular plan consisting of the smallest points to concentrate the bustle of learning. Each apex is cut at a large angle to attract people, and a library is floating in the center of the building, creating an extraordinary space with a strong symbolism, and an auditorium where students naturally gather is located below it. The library is surrounded by walking paths with book shelves and classrooms, and a large atrium between the library and the walking paths visualizes the bustle of learning that unfolds here.
facade is covered with an environmentally friendly stainless steel cast screen with a cherry blossom motif, the school's flower. This not only expresses the school's identity, but also functions as a lantern for the local area when lit up at night.

DATA

Year of completion2019
locationIbaraki City, Osaka Prefecture

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ApplicationsEducational institutions
Site area64,415㎡
Total floor area20,409㎡
Floor number5 floors above ground
structureSteel, SRC
Details of the Award

・29th/2019 AACA Award Encouragement Award (Japan Architectural Artists and Craftsmen Association/Japan)

・ICONIC AWARDS 2020 Innovative Architecture: Award Winner (German Design Council)

・THE PLAN AWARD 2020 Educational Facilities Category: Finalist (THE PLAN/Italy)

・The Architecture MasterPrize 2020, Architectural Design/Educational Facilities Category: Award Winner (Farmani Group/USA)

・61st BCS Awards/2020 (Japan Federation of Construction Contractors)

・7th Suzuki Teijyu Award/2021 Excellence Award (Yasuhiro Sube, Senior Architect/ Architectural Design Division 2, Overseas Business Planning Division), Keisuke Aneha, Chief Architect/ Architectural Design Division 4) (Nagoya Institute of Technology Suzuki Teijyu Award Secretariat/Japan)

・32nd JSCA Awards / 2021 Work Award (Kenji Nagayama, Chief Engineer / Structural Engineering Department) (Japan Structural Engineers Association / Japan)

・2021 Illumination Awards (48th) Merit Award (Illuminating Engineering Society: formerly the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America/USA)

- 2021 ARCASIA Architecture Award Gold Medal (Yasuhiro Sube, Senior Architect/ Architectural Design Division 2, Overseas Business Planning Division), Keisuke Aneha, Chief Architect/ Architectural Design Division 4) (ARCASIA/Singapore)

・2021 Japan Steel Construction Association Achievement Award (Japan Steel Construction Association/Japan)

・40th Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award (Osaka Machinami Award) / 2021 Encouragement Award (Osaka Urban Landscape Architecture Award Steering Committee / Japan)

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