+SHIFT TAMACHI
A Vibrant Workplace Opening onto the Riverside
+SHIFT TAMACHI (now Expert Tamachi) is an 11-story speculative office building located along the Shibaura Canal, a five-minute walk from Tamachi Station in Tokyo. DRAFT designed the building comprehensively, from the exterior façade and shared areas to every office floor.
+SHIFT TAMACHI
Director Saeko Takahashi
Communication Planner Ryo Kaburagi
Designer Takuya Kutsuwada
Designer Mayu Honda
Technical Designer Shoko Oishi
3D Design Director John Rommel G. Donaire
Engineer Kousuke Machida
Engineer Kensho Umemura
Marketing Planner Naohiro Sunako
The office floors, open on three sides, are designed to maximize natural light and ventilation, creating an open environment where people, light, and air move freely throughout the space. While incorporating meeting rooms and private booths, the layout carefully balances functionality with visual openness and smooth circulation, fostering a comfortable sense of connection across each floor.
Combining the convenience of an urban location with the openness of its waterfront setting, the design supports evolving ways of working while providing a place where businesses can continue to grow.
I’m donut? / dacō Yokohama Rinko Park
An Open Bakery Cafe in Harmony with Sea and Greenery
Architect Taiju Yamashita designed the mixed-use complex YOKOHAMA TIMBER WHARF. On its first floor, DRAFT designed the new store interiors for two openings: I’m donut? and dacō. These include the wildly popular fresh donut specialty shop I’m donut?, a key player in Japan’s ongoing donut boom, and dacō, the sister brand of the Fukuoka-born bakery AMAM DACOTAN. As the largest permanent store opening since the brands’ launch, this project called for a spatial experience that could only be achieved in its unique location, alongside the lush, nature-filled waterfront of Yokohama’s Rinko Park.