GOOD DESIGN AWARD

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Award-winning item: Apartment [Prime Maison Ryogoku]
Business Owner: Sekisui House, Ltd.
Category: 12-03 Cohousing
Company: Sekisui House, Ltd. (Japan)
Award Number: 19G130978
Outline of Good Design Award winners: Outline of Good Design Award winners 2019

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Outline: Apartment in a narrow area of central Tokyo built with steel considering the conditions, though luxury ones are generally reinforced concrete. To shorten a construction period and enhance construction accuracy, part of interior materials is prefabricated. It will be an improvement in labor situation that is an urgent issue in Japan. In addition, the facade indicates a new direction for apartments.
Producer: Kazuhito Miyajima, Sekisui House, Ltd.
Director: Tsuyoshi Matsuyama, Sekisui House, Ltd.
Designer: Kazuhito Miyajima, Tsuyoshi Matsuyama, Wataru Nakamura, Sekisui House, Ltd. + Takeshi Ogihara, Konoike Construction Co., Ltd.
Already in service/use: 2019/3/1

Evaluation

Large-scale multi-family apartments are often built using reinforced concrete. This project re-evaluates the potential of steel-frame structure. While the concise and rational construction method offers an attractive solution to the issues of economic efficiency of construction costs, workability of narrow land and labor shortage, what is more admirable is that the concise and rational nature of architecture are directly reflected in the design. In contrast with the high-end multi-family units that tend to be too decorative on the outside, the apartment in this project draws a clear line with its honest appearance, as if to set a new universal tone for design.