Japan 1990M2

Tokyo
Office | Retail/Cafe/Restaurant
Completed

The M2 Building, located along Tokyo Ring Road 8 on the edge of Tokyo, was created as a design laboratory for an automobile manufacturer.

The building is a chaotic mix of fragments made using various architectural styles, materials and scales. This collection of fragments was intentionally created in order to integrate these elements while accelerating and highlighting them. Of particular note are the hollow Ionian style column, antennae by the Russian architect Ivan Leonidov and sound insulation panels for the expressway which are polymerized in a threadless manner.

It was later converted into a funeral home while retaining almost the entire original design.

Publication Shinkenchiku 2021/01 , GA JAPAN 163 , Nikkei Architecture 2010/12/27 , Casa BRUTUS 2004/01 vol.46 , Nikkei Architecture 2003/04/14 , Nikkei Architecture 2002/11/25 , Shinkenchiku 1995/12　臨時増刊 , Nikkei Architecture 1995/03/13 , Nikkei Architecture 1995/02/13 , Nikkei Architecture 1993/04/26 , Nikkei Architecture 1993/04/12 , DETAIL 1993/04 No.116 , Nikkei Architecture 1993/02/22 (増刊） , Nikkei Architecture 1993/02/22 (増刊） , Nikkei Architecture 1993/02/22 (増刊） , Shinkenchiku 1993/02 , DETAIL 1993/01 No.115 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/12/07 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/10/26 , Shinkenchiku 1992/08 , Shinkenchiku 1992/07 , JA : The Japan Architect Vol.6 季刊　SPRING 1992-2 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/05/11 , Shinkenchiku 1992/05 , Shinkenchiku 1992/04 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/03/30 , Shinkenchiku 1992/03 , Shoten Kenchiku 1992/03 VOL.37 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/02/17 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/02/17 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/02/17 No.423 ご卒業記念贈呈誌 , Nikkei Architecture 1992/02/17 Photography ©︎ Mitsumasa Fujitsuka