Takenaka

We went to Takenaka's headquarter in Tokyo; it is one of the biggest company in Japan. Through the corporation report in 2014 I found the landmarks they've made during the whole 405 years since 1610. It is surprised me that Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Dome were build by them, and there are bunch of other famous buildings were build by them. They made a significant contribution to the process of society by providing those beautiful architectures. According to Takenaka's value: "Architecture's role is to create social assets that can pass down the culture of an era to future generations."

With the booming development of new technologies, they also contain a lot of sophisticated technologies in their buildings to make the work more efficient and the environment more comfortable for living. During the company tour, we saw a lot of amazing designs; the air can come through floors, and walls without any electronic devises. My favorite part is they try their best to make the sunshine through the glass walls. There are four devises at the top of the building to chase the movement of the sun, and glass walls are everywhere in the company. In my opinion, the sunshine can makes people feel powerful and full of energy. Japan is a country with the highest suicide rate in the world; I think employee work in Takenaka may have a good mood when they see beautiful weathers in the most of the day of the year.

Another significant part is their management method. Based on Takenaka is the Japanese company. It influenced by Japanese through many hundreds of years. During the company tour it was obviously a Japanese company; the working area were very quit, even there were some little groups are discuss something or have meetings in public working area, we barely hearted noises. It is well known that Japanese is a collectivism society, but I still felt surprised when I found there are no private working offices for top managers. Even their CEO is working together with other employees in "public area".

 The ceiling of their headquarter.

They have a complete system to recycle the trashes in a specific room.