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HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners
HEXAGON / R & D Center,  | International Design Awards Winners

HEXAGON / R & D Center

Lead DesignersOsamu Morishita
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
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Entry Description

The ‘Hexagon R & D center’ in japan, is a location to brainstorm and create innovative ideas for the international plastics manufacturing company like networks on the internet or synapses of the brain to create the environment where people can stimulate each other to innovate their products. The overall rectangular footprint can be reduced down to its smallest modular steel unit, the hexagon. This tessellated shape fosters free-flowing circulation
through a series of flexible spaces that allow for constant re-adaptation. Double-height sections communicate with two-storey modules around outdoor gardens through a simplicity in connection. The redundant construction strategy benefits from a compartmental set of volumes climatically controlled through sun-heated reservoirs and thermal mass in the stone gabion walls. A designed air space in the roof structure helps control internal temperatures while the outer membrane collects rainwater for recycling, while interspersed green courtyards and towers help to cool ambient air temperature.