Furukawa制造办公室和工厂 / Jo Nagasaka + Schemata 建筑事务所
Furukawa Manufacturing Office and Factory / Jo Nagasaka + Schemata Architects

由专筑网王沛儒，小R编译

Furukawa制造公司主要制造汽车零部件和其他产品的生产系统，这是汽车行业历史悠久的工厂区。为配合城市新工厂区的建设，公司决定建设新的总部和汽车生产线工厂。

Furukawa Manufacturing has been creating production systems for automobile parts and other items in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, one of the oldest factory zones for the automobile industry. To coincide with the new construction of a factory zone in the city, the company decided to build a new headquarters and a factory for automobile production lines.











Furukawa制造通过提供“生产系统”来支持其客户的制造活动，包括顶级汽车和零部件制造商，这些生产系统是许多不同工作流程的量身定制组合，利用工业机器人进行焊接、处理、运输等。但是，这是一家以“制造”为主导产业的公司，因此其自身的形象展示相对薄弱，并且公司参与了制造商产品的开发阶段，因此也很难向外界开放，信息保密非常重要。公司人力资源短缺，这也是当今大多数制造企业面临的挑战。虽然这个公司历史悠久，技术实力强大，但并没有得到广泛认可，很少有人知道它是做什么的。因此，公司无法吸引到理想的人才。

Furukawa Manufacturing has supported the manufacturing activities of its clients, including top automobile and parts manufacturers, by providing “production systems” that are tailor-made combinations of many different work processes that utilize industrial robots for welding, handling, conveyance, etc. However, due to the nature of a company that “manufactures” systems for “manufacturing” such items, the company has long faced the problem of not being able to demonstrate an easily recognizable presence as a company. It was also difficult to open the company to the outside world because it was involved in the development stage of the client manufacturers’ items. Therefore, confidentiality of the information was critical. The company suffered from a shortage of human resources, one of the challenges that most manufacturing companies face today. Although the company has a long history and strong technological capabilities, it was not widely recognized, and few people knew what it did. As a result, it was unable to attract desirable human resources.









这个项目旨在创建一座开放式建筑，将分散的功能整合起来，成为公司的门面。然而，这种整合涉及各种类型的外部结构，其中包括停车场、外部照明、引导标志、指示牌、路面标线、植物等，工厂和办公室的用途要求精度和预算也大相径庭。仅总部功能就包括食堂、培训室、办公室、会议室、总裁办公室、潮湿区域等。不同的地方对家具、照明和空间尺度的要求也不尽相同。建筑师在整个场地布置了一个约 1.2 米的网格，从而形成连贯的轴网，便于规划不同的元素。

This project aimed to create an open architecture that would serve as the face of the company by consolidating functions that had been dispersed in several buildings and expanded across the region into one location. However, this consolidation involves various types of exterior structures, from parking lots to exterior lighting, guidance signs, signage, road surface markings, plantings, etc., and the uses required precision, and budgets of the factory and office are very different for each others. The headquarters alone includes various uses on each floor, from the cafeteria to training rooms, offices, conference rooms, the president’s office, wet areas, etc. The requirements for furniture, lighting, and scale of the space differ from one place to another. We laid out a grid of approximately 1.2 m throughout the site to give it a coherent axis that facilitates the planning of such diverse elements.









场地面积大约20000平方米，地势平坦，四周都是道路。为了使停车场和外部及周边区域连成一体，建筑师没有设计围墙或栅栏，而是在停车场和外部区域铺设了沥青。此外，建筑师还设计了与普通道路标志相匹配的标志，可以连接场地内外。除此之外，停车场、标志牌和路面标识交织在一起，形成平面设计网格，建立了一个将建筑和外部相互关联的网格图形系统，便于工厂和办公室结构以及玻璃墙的网格与外部结构相互连接。

The site is a large, flat plot of land of 20,000 m2 surrounded by roads. Rather than building a fence or wall separating the interior and exterior of the site, the parking lot and exterior areas were paved with asphalt so that they would be continuous with the surrounding area. In addition, signs designed to match ordinary road signs were used to connect the inside and outside of the site. Then, we intertwined parking lots, signs, and road surface markings into a graphic design grid, establishing a grid graphic system that interrelates the buildings and the exterior. The grids used for the factory and office structures and the glass walls are interlinked with the exterior graphics.





根据各楼层的不同功能和各部门之间的关系，建筑师对办公室进行了合理规划。设计方案旨在使整座建筑呈现出统一而富有表现力的“面貌”。一楼有一个可容纳 80 名员工的餐厅，二楼有一个供访客使用的大型会议室和培训室，与餐厅中庭相连。三楼和四楼是办公楼层，设有办公桌和四间会议室，五楼有总统和行政人员使用的各种房间，还有一个室外露台。虽然每层的功能各不相同，所需的面积也有所区别，但外部特征和网格模数都十分统一，每个区域都有合理的照明与采光，整个空间丰富多样，且具有表现力。

The offices are planned rationally based on the different functions of each floor and the relationship between the various departments. Our design aimed to present a unified and expressive “face” when one looks at the entire building. The first floor has a cafeteria for 80 employees, and the second floor has a large conference and training room for visitors connected to the cafeteria atrium. The third and fourth floors are office floors with desk spaces and four conference rooms, while the fifth floor has various rooms used by the president and executives, as well as an outdoor terrace. While each floor has different functions and requires varying floor areas, we used the same grid as the exterior and architecture to design all areas, arrange raceways, partitions, atrium, and interfaces, and use appropriate lighting for each location. The result was an expressive face that is not homogeneous.



这个项目成为公司品牌重塑计划的核心。如今，人力资源短缺已成为制造业和其他行业的一个重大问题。具体而言，目前制造业在农村地区面临衰退。这个项目使人们更好地认识到公司的存在以及从规划、提案到生产和试验的一体化系统，同时也对招聘新员工产生了积极影响。招聘率提高了，尤其是居住在这里的有经验的妇女，申请人数增加了十倍。此外，也增加总部和工厂员工之间面对面的交流机会，产品的质量和生产率也得到了提高，因为他们可以马上看到自己设计的成果，当场得到工厂的反馈。

This project became the core of the company’s rebranding initiative. Today, a shortage of human resources is a significant problem in the manufacturing industry, among other sectors. Specifically, the manufacturing industry now faces a decline in rural areas. This project made it easier to recognize the company’s presence and integrated system from planning and proposal to production and trials, and it also positively affected recruiting new employees. The recruitment rate has increased, especially from experienced women living in the region, with a tenfold increase in the number of applications. In addition, face-to-face communication between the headquarters and factory employees has increased. The quality and productivity of products have also improved because they can immediately see the outcome of what they have designed and get feedback from the factory on the spot.











































建筑师：Jo Nagasaka, Schemata Architects
类型：工厂、办公室
面积：6805 m²
年份：2024 年
摄影：Takumi Ota Photography
制造商：ENDO Lighting Corporation, ModuleX, X's
结构设计师：TECTONICA INC： TECTONICA INC.
照明顾问：Modulex Inc： Modulex Inc., ENDO Lighting Corporation
种植：Yard Works Inc.
瓷砖铺设：X'S Corporation
项目建筑师：Jo Nagasaka, Schemata Architects
项目团队：Yasunori Nakano
家具团队：Ou Ueno
施工方：Kanto Kensetsu
文字：Yasunori Nakano
金属网家具：Hashizume Iron Works
标识设计：NDC Irobe Design Institute
厨房设计：HOSHIZAKI CORPORATION
城市：Ota
国家：日本

FACTORY, OFFICES, INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECTS & FIRMS
OTA, JAPAN
Architects: Jo Nagasaka, Schemata Architects
Area: 6805 m²
Year: 2024
Photographs:Takumi Ota Photography
Manufacturers:  ENDO Lighting Corporation, ModuleX, X's
Structural Designers: TECTONICA INC.
Lighting Consultants: Modulex Inc., ENDO Lighting Corporation
Planting: Yard Works Inc.
Tiling: X'S Corporation
Architects: Jo Nagasaka, Schemata Architects
Project Team: Yasunori Nakano
Furniture Team: Ou Ueno
Construction: Kanto Kensetsu
Writer: Yasunori Nakano
Wire Mesh Furniture: Hashizume Iron Works
Signage Design: NDC Irobe Design Institute
Kitchen Designer: HOSHIZAKI CORPORATION
City: Ota
Country: Japan