Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui na Nobuaki Miyashita

ʻO Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui na Nobuaki Miyashita he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2026 A' Design Award Gula ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu.

GulaHoʻolālā Hale· 2026

Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui

na Nobuaki Miyashita

Mea Kūʻai: Higeta Shoyu Co., Ltd.

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Gula ma ka Māhele Hoʻolālā Hale

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Ka Hoʻolālā

E Pili Ana iā Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui

He hale poʻo kūlana ʻehiku papa ʻo ka Hale Higeta ma Nihonbashi, Tokyo, i hoʻolālā ʻia no kahi hui hana koiū i hoʻokumu lōʻihi ʻia. Ua wahī ʻia ke ana kūkulu sima paʻa hao me nā pale mālamalama alumini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke kaʻawale ʻana o 300 mm. ʻokoʻa nā kihi o nā pale mālamalama i mea e hōʻemi ai i ka lā komohana hema a e pale ai i ka pilikino, a hoʻomanaʻo ka ʻili i ke kula palaoa e ʻoni ana i ka makani. Hoʻoikaika ka hoʻopili paia ʻeleʻele hohonu i nā aka a pili nō hoʻi i ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana. Ma loko, lawe mai kahi pā mālamalama waenakonu i ka mālamalama o ke ao i loko o ka hoʻolālā haiki a kākoʻo i ka hoʻoheheʻe ea maoli o kēlā me kēia kau.

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E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Higeta Building Hale Keʻena Poʻo Kūlana Nui i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

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ʻEke Nūhou

Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: Founded in 1616, Higeta pioneered adding wheat in 1697, shaping the prototype of koikuchi soy sauce at the root of Japan's cuisine. Honored by the Edo shogunate and later recognized by the Imperial Household, its heritage is translated into architecture. This 7-story RC headquarters in Nihonbashi uses anodized aluminum louvers at 300 mm pitch, with variable angles to cut southwest sun, protect privacy, and shimmer like a wheat field over deep black walls that evoke fermentation.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: 7-story reinforced-concrete headquarters in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Site area 327.00 sqm; building area 260.32 sqm; total floor area 1,722.03 sqm. Height 29.085 m; eaves 27.720 m; floor-to-floor 3.95 m; ceiling 2.70 m. Zoning: commercial; front road width 11 m. Environmental device: anodized aluminum louver screen at 300 mm pitch with variable angles for solar control and privacy. A central light court supports daylight penetration and seasonal natural ventilation.
Nā Lepili: Headquarters, Architecture, Environmental facade, Aluminum louvers, Solar shading, Nihonbashi, Cultural heritage, Koikuchi soy sauce, Wheat motif, Urban identity
ʻEnehana Hana: Facade: electrolytically colored aluminum louvers, bead-blasted then anodized, for a warm, durable sheen. Each louver is 50 mm (face) x 170 mm (depth) x 3,935 mm (height), set at 300 mm pitch with carefully varied angles. Angled plates are bolted to welded channel members for precision and cost control. Louvers continue across operable entrance doors so the facade reads as one layer. Black elastic spray coating deepens shadows and recalls fermentation richness.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: Challenge: on a narrow, deep Nihonbashi site, create a strong symbol while cutting southwest sun and protecting privacy for adjacent housing. The facade could not be heavy or closed. Identity, comfort, and buildability were unified into one continuous louver layer, tuned in pitch and angle as a climate filter. Another challenge was cultural translation: to show global jurors that Japan's everyday taste grew from Higeta's 1697 wheat innovation. History becomes geometry, shadow, and airflow.
Noiʻi: Type of Research: design research. Objective: translate Higeta's 1697 wheat innovation into facade performance and urban identity. Method: louver-angle studies and wind-inspired curvature refinement; continuity tests for joints and operable doors. Tools: BIM model and CFD airflow simulation for ventilation via the light court and operable openings. Result/Impact: a unified louver screen delivering shading, privacy, daylight, and seasonal ventilation, showing heritage can be performance.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: The motif is wheat, introduced by Higeta in 1697 to define koikuchi soy sauce. We made cultural memory measurable: the facade reads as a wheat field swaying in a "wind of memory" across Nihonbashi. Louver rhythm and gentle undulation were refined through computational studies so invisible forces-wind, time, and fermentation-can be felt as geometry, light, and shadow, while also delivering real shading and privacy.
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: Location: Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (2-3 Nihonbashi Koami-cho). Design: Mar 2023-Dec 2023. Construction: Feb 2024-May 2025. A 7-story RC headquarters on a narrow, deep urban lot in a commercial zone, facing an 11 m road. It presents a civic-scale facade that communicates the cultural origin of koikuchi soy sauce, born from Higeta's 1697 wheat innovation.
Kaʻina Hana: From the street, the headquarters reads as a single louvered surface; shifting shadows suggest wheat heads in wind. The variable-angle screen filters southwest sun and sightlines, improving comfort for occupants and neighbors. Inside, a central light court draws daylight deep into the narrow plan. Operable windows on the north/south walls and at the court enable seasonal natural ventilation, supported by BIM-based airflow simulations.
Nā Palapala Kuleana: Copyrights belong to Nobuaki Miyashita, 2025.
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: Image #1: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Higeta Building, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Higeta Building, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Higeta Building, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Higeta Building, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Higeta Building, 2025.