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Seinan Gakuin Junior and Senior
High School
Sumitomo Osaka Cement
Nano/Tera Technology Center
DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
Design
Makuhari Park Tower
Kajima
Corporation
Kajima’s Architectural and Engineering Design Division provides
design services worldwide in a variety of construction marketing
and design fields. The division maximizes the global synergies of
Kajima’s locally incorporated design offices in the United States,
Europe and Asia — Kajima Associates, Inc. (KAI), Kajima Design
Europe Ltd. (KDE), and Kajima Design Asia Pte. Ltd. (KDA). In
Japan, the division is realizing increasingly efficient operations
through its well-established collaboration with Ilya Corporation,
which specializes in interior design, and Armo Architects &
Engineers, experts in presentations and drafting.
In year ended March 31, 2003, the division was awarded 533
design commissions (for a total construction value of ¥409.6 billion),
and delivered consultancy services in 1,068 projects.
Among the division’s major design projects were three skyscrapers
completed between April and June 2003 on redeveloped land in
Shiodome in Tokyo — the Shiodome Tower complex (38 stories) of
offices and a city hotel, the Shiodome Media Tower (34 stories),
and the Nippon Express Headquarters Building (28 stories). Major
projects that have played an important role in urban renewal in
Tokyo included the construction management of three high-rise
towers in Higashi Shinagawa, and a residential and office complex
in Toranomon that is currently in the design stage. The Makuhari
Park Tower (32 stories), which used the Kajima Free-Plan High-
Rise Housing System (using Super Reinforced-Concrete Frame
Construction), was completed in March 2003 and has elicited a
favorable response from the market. Several other high-rise residential
developments using this proprietary Kajima system are
currently on the drawing board.
Other noteworthy design proposals include (1) the Akihabara UDX
Building, which employs performance design to meet the needs of
diversifying work styles and ensure open and highly adaptable
work spaces; and (2) the PFI project for the Akasaka Apartment for
the House of Representatives, a commission that Kajima won
thanks to special security proposals and overall design quality as a
housing complex.
Annual Report
2003
The Second Building of Taisho
Pharmaceutical’s Head Office