SHIBAURA HOUSEはオフィス街に生まれたユニークなワークショップスペースです。ビジネスから社会問題、アートやデザイン、ライフスタイルまで…。参加者自身が中心となってディスカッションやものづくりを体験できます。
SHIBAURA HOUSE is a unique and diverse workshop space located in Tokyo’s business district, Minato-ku. Everyone can participate in discussions and workshops of diverse themes including art and design, business, lifestyle and social issues.
Designed by Kazuyo Sejima, who is active all over the world, the building came to be an exciting and fun space. The building is transparent, every floor is defined by rooms of various shapes connected by beautiful curved staircases. Glass is used as a partition on the ground floor, merging the ‘living’ space with the street outside, as if a park with tables and chairs for everyone in the city to use, available at no cost at all. Above the ground level are two floors of ‘lounge’ space. Bound by a large terrace, these relaxing areas offer desk space for working or studying. The ‘work’ space on the next floor up is a space for the for the building’s staff, who develop printed matter, video, and websites. The top floor, named the ‘bird room’, is a multipurpose workshop space. It also operates as a rental space for events and photo shoots.
Illustration: Jody Wong
