The Tokyo office of a bag wholesaler is located in a streetscape dotted with wholesalers, next to the Asakusabashi I Building, designed by Toyo Ito and completed in 1989. The existing building is covered with a curtain wall of aluminum panels. The new building has a unified façade by matching the height of the openings and the floor height of the existing building, and the exterior wall facing the street is made of hot-dip galvanized iron sheets.

Japan | Tokyo

Shinkenchiku April 2014 issue 170P