Ito Ophthalmic Office Expansion

Location: Fujioka,Gunma, Japan

Year: 2012

Status: built

Context: Architecture

Structural design: Ohno Japan

Construction: Yasumatsu Takken

Usage: Ophthalmic Office

Floor area: 254 m²

Client: Ito Ophthalmology Clinic

Photographers: PK.P

Illustrations: PK.P

This building is located adjacent to the existing clinic on the same site. The main floor is set on a raised platform, slightly elevated from the entrance.

Two staircases ascend from the main floor: one leads to a split-level floor, and the other to an office space located within a void.

As the building is designed without columns at its four corners, these staircases function as integral structural elements that support the architecture.