1992 Tokyo Office
After the bubble, the office still ran through fixed places and physical routines. A worker crosses the entrance and lobby, returns to a late-night desk, searches a filing cabinet and answers a telephone that belongs to the workplace rather than to the individual.
Office Entrance
The threshold between city movement and the controlled interior rhythm of work.
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Night Office Lobby
A quieter circulation space connecting late work, elevators, glass doors and the rainy city outside.
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Late-Night Desk
Paper documents, stationery and task light reduce the office to its most personal working surface.
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Filing Cabinet
Documents are found by opening drawers, reading labels and physically handling folders.
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Fixed Office Telephone
The ring comes from a location. To answer it, the worker must return attention and body to the desk.
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