Co-op Kyosai Plaza - Tokyo
Co-op Kyosai Plaza was shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival
29 September 2017
As sustainable design is moving into the mainstream of architecture and building, some co-ops are leading the way in terms of high- performance head offices. Apart from showcasing their green credentials, co-ops are saving energy costs by developing sustainable office buildings. In July the World Architecture Festival has released its shortlist of the most beautiful office buildings in 2017. Among them is Co-op Kyosai Plaza of the Japan CO-OP Insurance Consumers’ Co-operative Federation (JCIF). The environmentally friendly office building was completed in May 2015 when it became the new headquarters of JCIF.
Designed by architects at Nikken Sekkei, the building has a heat source system and task ambient lighting and uses low-temperature waste heat. JCIF was set up in 2008 by the Japanese Consumer Co-op Union (JCCU) after a revised co-operative law required co-ops involved in insurance to separate their organisation from the insurance business.
Writing about their work, architectural firm Nikken Sekkei said it integrated the latest environmental building systems. They added that the Great East Japan Earthquake had damaged many buildings, with ceilings falling in several cases. “Co-op Kyosai Plaza integrates the latest in environmental building systems, making the most of the lessons learned after the earthquake,” they wrote.
Co-op Kyosai Plaza features a green wall decorated with crawl evergreen vine plants and a rain chain that guides rainwater down from the building’s roof to the plants on the ground.
The building exceeded its initial target of CO2 emissions of 335t/year, having had measured values of CO2 emissions of 317t/year from June 2015 to May 2016.
Source: Co-op
SEO Inc. would like to proudly announce that Co-op Plaza of JCCU (Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union), located in Tokyo, has selected our rain-chain “Toh” for its exterior decoration. This marks the first time that kusari-toi, or rain-chain, has been incorporated as the main façade covering the entire surface of front and back side of the building.
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Co-op Kyosai Plaza - Tokyo
Co-op Kyosai Plaza was shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival
29 September 2017
As sustainable design is moving into the mainstream of architecture and building, some co-ops are leading the way in terms of high- performance head offices. Apart from showcasing their green credentials, co-ops are saving energy costs by developing sustainable office buildings. In July the World Architecture Festival has released its shortlist of the most beautiful office buildings in 2017. Among them is Co-op Kyosai Plaza of the Japan CO-OP Insurance Consumers’ Co-operative Federation (JCIF). The environmentally friendly office building was completed in May 2015 when it became the new headquarters of JCIF.
Designed by architects at Nikken Sekkei, the building has a heat source system and task ambient lighting and uses low-temperature waste heat. JCIF was set up in 2008 by the Japanese Consumer Co-op Union (JCCU) after a revised co-operative law required co-ops involved in insurance to separate their organisation from the insurance business.
Writing about their work, architectural firm Nikken Sekkei said it integrated the latest environmental building systems. They added that the Great East Japan Earthquake had damaged many buildings, with ceilings falling in several cases. “Co-op Kyosai Plaza integrates the latest in environmental building systems, making the most of the lessons learned after the earthquake,” they wrote.
Co-op Kyosai Plaza features a green wall decorated with crawl evergreen vine plants and a rain chain that guides rainwater down from the building’s roof to the plants on the ground.
The building exceeded its initial target of CO2 emissions of 335t/year, having had measured values of CO2 emissions of 317t/year from June 2015 to May 2016.
Source: Co-op
SEO Inc. would like to proudly announce that Co-op Plaza of JCCU (Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union), located in Tokyo, has selected our rain-chain “Toh” for its exterior decoration. This marks the first time that kusari-toi, or rain-chain, has been incorporated as the main façade covering the entire surface of front and back side of the building.
Source: SEO Inc