Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine are outstanding natural treasures just on the other side of Shibuya City Office when approaching from Shibuya Station. This essential context gave colour to the project by evoking images of the purity in the powerful yet peaceful green landscape and refinement in the serenity of Shibuya’s residential district.
The exterior walls embody these words using panels with a tranquil green colour gradation which blend seamlessly with wall greening. The entire wall becomes a work of art aiming to harmonize the structural volumes of the city office with the soft urban shapes of Shibuya.
This green colour gradation even flows into each interior with green walls lining the inside of the entrance hall. The sensational green design unifying both the interior and exterior abolishes structural barriers to make the Shibuya City Office as inviting as a park, which is ideal for public facility providing citizen services.
The Shibuya City Office project found its themes in festa, chic, purity, and refinement. Green was chosen as the predominate colour scheme to portray purity throughout the public complex.
Each floor of the Shibuya City Office adopts its own unique shade of green in the pursuit of a floor plan that is able to smoothly lead people visiting through the complicated structure to exactly where they want to go. The gradual dark to light colour gradation from the ground to top floor gives both a visual and intuitive awareness to where one is.
Thanks to this plan aiming to guide foot traffic not only by written information but also a colour scheme, anyone can smoothly navigate the building to their destination following the colour assigned to each floor.
