sankyodo — Izumi Garden Tower 40F: light, a view, and deliberate empty space

Concept

The third word on the list

Any office can claim light and a view from the fortieth floor. sankyodo puts a third word next to them: yohaku, margin — the empty part of the page. The company states that the floor was designed for light, view and margin, and defines the last as the space in which to turn a thought over.

You can see the decision in the plan. The desks are pushed out to the glass, so that looking up gives the city rather than a colleague’s monitor, and the middle of the floor is left comparatively open. The brand yellow appears exactly where it is useful — on the sign at the entrance, and on the columns that mark the long tables — and nowhere else.

01 · The entrance

Yellow, once

Stepping onto the floor, a sign in the brand yellow meets you against an otherwise restrained palette — a single accent, placed so that both visitors and staff get a clear first impression.

02 · The workspace

Desks against the glass

The working area is free address, with desks running along the window. The company describes the layout as close-knit enough that questions and small talk happen without arrangement.

03 · The columns

Where the colour is allowed

The yellow returns on the columns that anchor the long tables, and nowhere else on the floor.

04 · Meeting

Glass rooms, and booths

Meeting spaces run from a small table to glazed rooms, and glass booths take web meetings with colleagues working remotely.

05 · After dark

Forty floors up, at night

The same floor at night: the lights in the room drop, and the city becomes the wall.