Archinect - News2024-12-23T20:16:03-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150284795/oma-s-first-office-development-in-japan-is-now-complete
OMA's first office development in Japan is now complete Josh Niland2021-10-11T18:15:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/48/48cbd78ac2e6941e0aa50405cd77dc04.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Thirty years after their first project in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/382/oma-the-office-for-metropolitan-architecture" target="_blank">OMA</a> has announced the completion of its plan for the Tenjin Business Center development that will bring a “new urban lifestyle” to the country’s seventh-largest city. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f4/f46812c121fded52e3cb6cb69c262c27.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f4/f46812c121fded52e3cb6cb69c262c27.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Tenjin Business Center's pixellated corner facade. Photography by Tomoyuki Kusunose.</figcaption></figure><p>The center is the first realized part of the Tenjin Big Bang Initiative, which will create a sprawling, multi-use hub that’s meant to serve as a catalyst for Fukuoka’s transformation into a high-tech startup capital.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/39/39e48c3d31b5dcb4279af8425c414ac4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/39/39e48c3d31b5dcb4279af8425c414ac4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Tenjin Business Center's activated lower corner soffit lighting. Courtesy Fukuoka Jisho.</figcaption></figure><p>“It’s been a remarkable experience to build in my hometown where the city’s unique culture and identity are held close by its community, but in a moment of transformation catalyzed by an openness to new ideas and people,” OMA Partner <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/91946/shohei-shigematsu" target="_blank">Shohei Shigematsu</a>, who is a native of Fukuoka, said in a statement.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9c136b37f68286b2ca8ea38fbe8d2f06.gif" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9c/9c136b37f68286b2ca8ea38fbe8d2f06.gif"></a></p><figcaption>Copyright OMA NY.</figcaption></figure><p>Located at the intersection of two of the...</p>