Yokohama City Inst. of Health (new construction)

Building Overview

Name	Yokohama City Inst. of Health
Location	2, Tomiokahigashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi
Structural scale	Reinforced concrete (partially press-tressed concrete), seismic isolation structure, 7 floors above ground
Total floor area	7,676.13m2
Design	Kisaburo Ito, Building Research Institute, Ltd.
Construction period	From December 2012 to August 2014
Construction	(Architecture) Mabuchi and Koume Construction Consortium (Electricity) Dentsu Inc. and Aizu Dengyo Co., Ltd. (Air conditioning) Kawamoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Ergotech Yokohama Construction Consortium (Hygiene) South Hosen Construction Consortium (In-house power generation) Osaki Electric Works Co., Ltd. (Elevators) Chuo Elevator Industry Co., Ltd. (External structure) Shinei Heavy Equipment Civil Engineering Co., Ltd.

Northwest surface

Northwest night view

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Southeastern surface

Appearance east side

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Look up on the east side

Entrance hall

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2nd floor hall

Handover hall

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Elevator hall

In the elevator cart

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Staircase

Maintenance balcony

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Corridor

Training rooms and conference rooms

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Library

Preparation room

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Men's Toilet

Men's Toilet

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Washbasin

Toilet for wheelchair users

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In response to changes in the future, the new laboratory plans to use longus bread without pillars in the room and systematizing equipment shafts for each span, without stopping inspection.
It is a facility that can respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by adopting a seismic isolation structure and backup of equipment as a measure against a disaster.
In addition, it is a research facility that takes care of healing workers by giving color to work spaces that tend to be inorganic, such as using traditional Japanese colors on the floor and Kalla.

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