厚木森林环境研究中心位于日本神奈川县厚木市森之里区，是一个由Kansei Kogyo拥有的培训设施，专门从事下水道管网的管理和清洁。我们向客户提议，在这个原本是停车场的设施入口处为游客创造一个广场。
通常位于公园一角的户外厕所、户外洗脸盆和防灾井等元素与利用井水的水景花园融为一体，置于场地中央，形成一个高度向心的广场，成为公司的形象代言。
The Atsugi Forest Environmental Research Center, a training facility owned by Kansei Kogyo, which specializes in the management and cleaning of sewer pipe networks, is in the Morinosato district of Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. We proposed to the client to create a plaza for visitors at the entrance to this facility, which was originally a parking lot.
Elements such as outdoor toilets, outdoor washbasins, and disaster prevention wells, which are usually located in a corner of the park, were integrated with a water garden utilizing well water and placed in the center of the site to create a highly centripetal plaza that will be the face of the company.
在与周围草地连续的圆形水花园上，我们设计了一个三层的圆形空间，增强了广场的中心性，以及圆形空间内外与水的不同关系。 中央庭院是一个户外盥洗池空间，人们可以感受到水花园中的水流声。院子周围的四个洗手间，每个都能看到水花园的景色，是一个安静的空间，有独立的墙壁，阻挡了外面的视线。另一方面，浮动墙的外面被规划为一个活跃的水区，供孩子们在与草地的连续性中玩水。放大水的存在的抽象的白色空间反映了该公司对纯净的持续承诺。
On the circular water garden, which is continuous with the surrounding grass, we designed a three-layered circular space that enhances the centrality of the plaza, and a different relationship with water inside and outside the circular space. The central courtyard is an outdoor washbasin space where one can feel the sound of the water flowing in the water garden. The four restrooms surrounding the courtyard, each with a view of the water garden, are quiet spaces with independent walls that block the view of the outside. On the other hand, the outside of the floating wall was planned as an active water area for children to play with water in continuity with the grass. The abstract white space that amplifies the presence of water reflects the company’s continued commitment to purity.
受该公司处理的下水管道的启发，提出了不同高度的三缸空间。室内和室外的洗手盆是由休姆管改造的。洗手间的标志被设计成一个三维的象形标志，结合了VP管，也就是排水管。我们试图在建筑的细节中尽可能地传达 “管道 “的形象。我们希望体现公司精神的 “环形广场 “的参观者能够受到启发，思考他们通常没有意识到的支撑城市的污水基础设施。
Inspired by the sewer pipes handled by the company, three-cylinder spaces of different heights were proposed. The indoor and outdoor hand wash basins were converted from hume pipes. The restroom sign was designed as a three-dimensional pictographic sign combining VP pipes, which are drainage pipes. We tried to convey the image of “pipes” as much as possible in the details of the building. We hope that visitors to the “Plaza Circle,” which embodies the spirit of the company, will be inspired to think about the sewage infrastructure that supports the city, which they are usually unaware of.
Architects: T2P Architects Office
Area: 25 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs:Vincent Hecht
Manufacturers: Sanwa, Toto
Lead Architects: Shikwan Yang, Tomonori Miura, Tatsuhito Ono
Structure: Ascoral Engineering Associates
Construction: KOJIMAGUMI
Signage: AFFORDANCE
Branding: P.O.T
City: Atsugi
Country: Japan