8 Most Impressive BIM Buildings in Japan
The use of BIM is gradually increasing in the Japanese market. As most construction projects in Japan are led by the private sector, Japan will need to help owners and investors discover the benefits of BIM. In particular, Japan is showing increasing interest in the possibilities that BIM modelling offers for facilities management. The result is a growing industry demand for more BIM training for AEC professionals.
01 On the water house
The building, constructed by Nikken Sekkei in 2015, is a residential building designed as a continuous spiral space from the entrance to the bedrooms. The entire structure exists as an interconnected space of different heights. The two-storey building is situated on a slope that drops about seven metres from the road to the lake. The architects used the BIM CAD software Archicad at an early stage to help model the 3D study.
02 Narita International Airport Terminal 3
In March 2015, Japan's Narita International Airport opened a new terminal for low-cost carriers. The terminal is designed to handle the rapidly expanding low-cost airlines, which handle 7.5 million passengers and 50,000 aircraft movements per year.The BIM software ArchiCAD was used to realise the structure.
03 Shinjuku Labour Federation Office Building
This office building was the first project in a pilot BIM implementation for a government office building. This project is a medium-sized government office covering an area of approximately 3,500 square metres. BIM was used from the early stages of the design conceptualisation process.
04 New Headquarters in Shimizu
This headquarters is the first high-rise office building in Japan to exceed 100 metres with a reinforced concrete seismic isolation structure. This was done to create a building with excellent seismic performance that could be used as a disaster relief facility. As-built simulations and demonstration experiments were conducted using BIM during the design phase.
05 Shinsuga River City Hall
The New Sukagawa City Hall in Fukushima Prefecture is an example of a BIM project implemented by the local government, where AXS Satow won the design competition. AXS Satow won the design competition. the city of Sukagawa asked the engineers involved to use the BIM methodology in the project. the BIM was implemented not only during the design phase, but also during the construction phase and after the completion of the facility.
06 Steel Nest
Steel Nest is a new office building constructed for the steel construction division of Japan's Miei Construction. In addition to serving as office space, the client requested that the building serve as a showroom to demonstrate its steel fabrication technology. The result is a non-traditional space that represents a Voronoi structure (a combination of polygons of different sizes). Digital tools and an open BIM methodology were used to realise the project from the first design drafts.Archicad was used to create the design framework for the structure.
07 Toho Academy Music School
Toho Gakuen Music School was designed by Nikken Sekkei in 2014 with the aim of creating a suitable private place for learning music. The structure was designed as a dense, multi-level collection of concrete cubes separated by vertical open spaces. To realise the project, the architects used a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to test design iterations in real time.Archicad was used to realise the project.
08 Yokohama Gate Tower
Yokohama Gate Tower is a 21-storey office building to be constructed in Japan.MainManager has been contracted to build the project by Global BIM, a subsidiary of Kashima Corporation.Other projects Global BIM has been involved in include the JTC Joint Research Project in Singapore and Hakata Station in Fukuoka, Japan.
