Japan Sustainable Building Database

Project Outline

The concept of the Toyota Motor Corporation Head Office was, firstly, to arrange abundant greenery around the building and give it a softly curved exterior, as the "new face of Toyota" providing a warm welcome to visitors from Japan and abroad. Secondly, to equip it with all the disaster prevention, security and crisis management functions befitting the Head Office of a company. Thirdly, to trigger a process for raising work efficiency and productivity in working spaces. And fourthly, to achieve environmental performance at the world’s highest level, befitting the Head Office of a company engaged in pioneering initiatives for environmental consideration.
＜ Concepts of environmental consideration ＞
・ "Hospitality" as the face of the Head Office
・ "Vertical village", a new concept for a high-productivity office
・ Creating a system of environmental consideration that meets numerical targets

Basic Information

[CASBEE rank]	S  ()
[CASBEE tool used]	CASBEE for New Construction (2006 edition)
[Location]	Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture
[Completion date]	January, 2005
[Site area]	194,129 m2
[Total floor area]	64,987 m2
[Structure]	Seismic-isolation structure, steel frame
[Floors]	1F below ground, 15F above ground, rooftop tower 1F
[Owner]	Toyota Motor Corporation
[Designer]	Overall supervision: Toyota Motor Class 1 Architect’s Office, Basic design + blueprint drawings: Nikken Sekkei, Execution design: Shimizu Corporation
[Contractor]	Shimizu Corporation

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Awards

• 2nd Sustainable Building Awards, Examination Committee Encouragement Prize (Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation, 2007)
• 46th SHASE Awards of Technology, Category in Building Mechanical Service System (The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan, 2008)