Komatsu Seiren Fabric Laboratory fa-bo | Kengo Kuma and associates

Prefettura di Ishikawa / Japan / 2015

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This is a renovation of an office building in rigid-frame RC structure to strengthen its quake resistance using carbon fiber, and transform the interior into a museum called Fab Labo, a space to display the technology of Komatsu Seiren, the client company. Drawing from a technique of braiding ropes in this region, it became possible to add further flexibility to the carbon fiber. The fiber rod is said to be seven times stronger than iron, and this is the very first time that this material was used as a means of reinforcement against earthquakes. The potential of this light and soft fiber is explored inside the building as well. There is a lighting duct in fiber and on the rooftop, an experimental greening is being conducted using porous ceramic panels (called Greenbiz), which was generated from the process of producing fiber.


[JP]
カーボン・ファイバーを用いて、RCのラーメン構造のオフィスビルに耐震補強を施し、その内部をファイバーの先端技術で知られる「小松精練」のミュージアム、「fa-bo
として再生した。
 地元に伝わる組み紐の技術を用いて、カーボン・ファイバーに柔軟性を与えることが可能となり、鉄の7倍の強度を持つといわれるカーボン・ファイバー製のロッドを、初めて耐震補強に用いることが可能となった。
 室内においても、柔軟で軽やかなファイバーという素材を用いて、建築という重たく、固い存在を、いかにやわらかなものへと転換できるかの実験が、多面的に展開されている。ファイバーを用いた照明ダクト、そしてファイバーの製造工程で生まれたポーラスなセラミックパネル(グリーンビズ)を用いた屋上緑化である。

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    This is a renovation of an office building in rigid-frame RC structure to strengthen its quake resistance using carbon fiber, and transform the interior into a museum called Fab Labo, a space to display the technology of Komatsu Seiren, the client company. Drawing from a technique of braiding ropes in this region, it became possible to add further flexibility to the carbon fiber. The fiber rod is said to be seven times stronger than iron, and this is the very first time that this material was...

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    • Year 2015
    • Work finished in 2015
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Office Buildings / Showrooms/Shops
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