WESTER-X BASE — Osaka: a 100-metre office in modules of 400 mm

Concept

Two gradients

Two gradients run through the long space: east to west, and inside to outside. The entrance hall, the most public part, is at the east end; moving west, the space shifts from public to private and from open to closed.

The layout also uses the site’s orientation, opening wide towards Grand Green and the Sky Building.

01 · Modules

400, 600, 1,200 mm

Modules of 400, 600 and 1,200 mm set every dimension, from the ceiling grid and curtain wall to built-in furniture on the 400 mm module closest to the body.

02 · Colour

Light grey to blue-grey

Over 100 metres, a restrained palette from light grey to grey and blue-grey marks the differences in use and the steps between zones.