Yokohama Ferry Terminal – Foreign Office Architects

Location: Yokohama, Japan
Architect: Foreign Office Architects (ROA)
Project Year: 2002

Fig.1 Photograph showing the exterior building form – Farshid Moussavi Architects. Yokohama International Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan |  Farshid Moussavi.Accessed 09 Oct. 2017. http://www.farshidmoussavi.com/flash/index.html#/projects/465.

Fig.2 Site Plan – “AD Classics: Yokohama International Passenger Terminal / Foreign Office Architects (FOA).” ArchDaily. October 06, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2017. http://www.archdaily.com/554132/ad-classics-yokohama-international-passenger-terminal-foreign-office-architects-foa.

Fig.3 Floor Plan – Weston, Richard. Key buildings of the 20th century: plans, sections and elevations. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.

Fig.4 Elevation – Weston, Richard. Key buildings of the 20th century: plans, sections and elevations. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.

Fig.5 Section – Kubo, Michael. The Yokohama project: Foreign office architects. Barcelona: Actar, 2002.

Fig.6 Concept Diagram of circulation – Kubo, Michael. The Yokohama project: Foreign office architects. Barcelona: Actar, 2002.

Fig.7 Photograph showing the building form”AD Classics: Yokohama International Passenger Terminal / Foreign Office Architects (FOA).” ArchDaily. October 06, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2017. http://www.archdaily.com/554132/ad-classics-yokohama-international-passenger-terminal-foreign-office-architects-foa.

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The Yokohama International Port Terminal has been designed to merge with the existing landscape and fit with the waterfront development. The main project goal is to reduce isolation between people, to achieve such idea, architects seek for a form that allows more public space and interlocking path.

A series of continuity path and ramps, provide a seamless connection between different levels. The uninterrupted fluid space shaped the exterior and the roof of architecture, whilst the unique structural system provides a column-free form for the interior. To allow interior flexibility, the long building is formed by folded topography, diagonal steel beams span across the ceiling and therefore making a sharp contrast with the exterior.

Bibliography:

1. Kubo, Michael. The Yokohama project: Foreign office architects. Barcelona: Actar, 2002.
2. Weston, Richard. Key buildings of the 20th century: plans, sections and elevations. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.
3.  Architects (FOA).” ArchDaily. October 06, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2017. http://www.archdaily.com/554132/ad-classics-yokohama-international-passenger-terminal-foreign-office-architects-foa.
4. “AD Classics: Yokohama International Passenger Terminal / Foreign Office Architects (FOA).” ArchDaily. October 06, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2017. http://www.archdaily.com/554132/ad-classics-yokohama-international-passenger-terminal-foreign-office-architects-foa.

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