Japan Sustainable Building Database

Project Outline

Nissan Motor built Global Headquarters in Yokohama City, its corporate root. The Headquarters has multi-functions of workplace and “Gallery” in the podium with public walkway in which tens of thousands of people a day walk.
We considered “Japanese DNA” in a basis for expression of design and embodied the corporate philosophy to seek after “pursuit of functional beauty” and “environmental contribution” with the following 4 numbers of design theme.

1. Symbiosis with existing city place environment.
2. Symbiosis with public and private use.
3. Symbiosis with various values
4. Symbiosis with nature

Basic Information

[CASBEE rank]	S  ()
[CASBEE tool used]	CASBEE-Yokohama(2006 edition)
[Location]	Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
[Completion date]	April, 2009
[Site area]	10,000.14m2
[Total floor area]	92,102.89m2
[Structure]	S(CFTcolumn) / SRC / RC
[Floors]	2 basement levels / 22 floors above ground / 2penthouse
[Owner]	NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD.
[Designer]	TAKENAKA CORPORATION
[Contractor]	SHIMIZU CORPORATION

Information for visitors

Permitted only gallery
URL:http://www.nissan-global.com/JP/COMPANY/HQ/GALLERY/

Publication

N/A

Awards

• 23th The Best of NIKKEI New Offices Awards, Promote Prize
• 55th Kanagawa Architecture Competition, Excellent Prize