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Temple Of Learning

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Issue 118

Occupying a site that was formerly part of a Toshiba factory, academic-ark is a new campus in Otemon Gakuin University in Ibaraki City, Osaka designed to foster a sense of community.

- Michele Koh

Temple Of Learning

Ibaraki City’s Otemon Gakuin University is not just a campus for higher learning, it was also designed to become a neighbourhood landmark and community gathering area for residents who live near the university.

Conceptualised by Tokyo-headquartered service architectural firm Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, the project was led by Yasuhiro Sube and his colleague Keisuke Aneha.

“Our task was to convince stakeholders that the campus could serve the community at all times, and as architects, we also had to think about how to design a learning site that would inspire students to make that trip to campus,” says Sube.

“Since ancient times, Japan’s shrines and temples have drawn pilgrims from all corners of the country, so these sacred sites turn into lively gathering places. This was the concept that informed our vision for the new campus,”

Named Academic-Ark, the campus has a total floor area of 20,409m2, and contains classrooms, a library, cultural hall, studio and cafeteria that can accommodate approximately 3,600 students.

Though the results are remarkable, the project was quite a challenge for the architects.

They had just 29 months to see the project through from the design to construction phases, which is about twothirds the duration allocated as a timeline for such a large project.

Their construction budget was also about two-thirds of what was typical.

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