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Building: Plaza of Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Location: Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Address: 1030 Shimoogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0292, Japan

Owner: The Kanagawa Institute of Technology

General Contractor: Kajima Corporation

Design Architect: Junya Ishigami + Associates

Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: Junya Ishigami + Associates

Structural Engineer: Jun Sato Structural Engineering

MEP Engineer: Takasago Thermal Engineering Company Limited

Civil Engineer: Jun Sato Structural Engineering 

AE Interests: The roof is a single 12 mm steel plate supported only by four 250 mm exterior walls, reinforced by rib-like compression rings, and spanning roughly 90 meters above a floor that rises five meters from end to end. Its height ranges from 2.2 to 2.8 meters—similar to typical Japanese housing—and 59 rectangular roof openings bring daylight into the space.

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