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SANAA PLACES JUNKO FUKUTAKE HALL BENEATH ANGLED STEEL ROOF CANOPIES all images courtesy of junko fukutake hall BUILT ON OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY‘S SHIKATA CAMPUS, ‘JUNKO FUKUTAKE HALL’ IS DESIGNED
AS AN OPEN AND INVITING SPACE, SERVING AS A LINK BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY. completed by renowned japanese architects SANAA, the building is composed of various
glazed boxes contained beneath a series of angled roof planes. a foyer serves as a reception space that allows visitors to congregate upon entering the building, a brightly lit foyer serves
as a reception space that allows visitors to congregate before making their way to one of the site’s lecture halls. THE LARGER AUDITORIUM, WHICH CONTAINS 210 FIXED SEATS, CAN BE EXPANDED TO
ALSO INCLUDE THE TWO SMALLER ROOMS AT ITS REAR, MEANING THAT A TOTAL OF 410 PEOPLE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AT ONCE. owing to its simple steel frame construction, the single storey design took
only eight months to complete. the brightly lit reception space the larger auditorium contains a total of 210 fixed seats the hall can be expanded to include the two smaller rooms at its
rear the entire space can accommodate 410 attendees the smaller 100- seat volume can operate independently a more intimate meeting room philip stevens I designboom oct 28, 2014