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Down to Earth Practice: How Some Japanese Architects Have Taken their Offices to the Streets

As the discourse about the way we work continues past the original pandemic concern and past the hybrid, remote, or what was once called traditional office space; employers and employees alike are still revisiting mental comfort requirements of a post-pandemic worker. While there are many types of work environments and worker needs that have to be addressed separately (besides the white-collar or knowledge worker), from a design and policies front; one particular, newborn model has been popping up in recent years, thus far seen through some unique, smallscale yet norm challenging Japanese offices. 

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Balcony House / Takeshi Hosaka Architects

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Double Helix House / Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Architects

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Taito, Japan

En yu-An / Fumihiko Sano Studio

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CC4441 / Tomokazu Hayakawa Architects

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