Nicca Innovation Center

NICCA Innovation Center serves as a research facility for a chemical manufacturer group that has been based in Fukui Prefecture since 1941.

Located within an urban environment lined with residential houses, it is designed as an innovation hub—a bazaar for the exchange of knowledge and skills—to bring people ‘from the world to Fukui’.

The enveloping aluminium louvres on the façade resemble woven fabric, representing the textile industry with which the company is closely associated. They hide pipes while mitigating the sun’s rays from the east and filtering the surroundings.

Commons—open-concept hot-desking offices—are located in the centre of the building as multipurpose spaces that facilitate active interactions and ‘cross-fertilisation’ of ideas and approaches. The commons are also linked seamlessly to the various laboratories, which have been ‘opened’ up with glass walls—liberating researchers from the solitude of work and inspiring interaction within an integrated research community.

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PROJECT DATA

Project Name
NICCA Innovation Center
Location
Fukui, Japan
Completion Date
November 2017
Site Area
12,360.37 square metres
Gross Floor Area
7,495.73 square metres
Architecture Firm
Tetsuo Kobori Architects
Structural Engineer
Arup
Mechanical Engineer
Arup
Images
Takahiro Arai