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Chichibu Cement Company Factory No.2
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Current Name: Chichibu Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
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Category: Industrial facility
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Architect: Yoshiro TANIGUCHI + Nikken Sekkei
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Construction: Ando-gumi, Shimizu Corporation, Taisei Corporation
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Year: 1956
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Additional Construction: First Phase；1956, Second Phase；1958
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Location:
Saitama
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As part of the national drive to rebuild the cement industry in the 1950’s, Chichibu Cement, an industrial leader, built a new factory implementing the technical advances and utilizing the specialized equipment of the Smith Company of Denmark, then considered to have the latest technology in cement manufacturing. The architect-in-charge, Yoshiro Taniguchi, attempted to bestow the complex with a disciplined architectonic presence while providing a clean, cheerful, beautiful and productive factory environment. The factory complex consists of the low-rise vaulted structures and the tall smokestacks with a unique oval plan-form. The impression of the capacious low-rise buildings was overwhelming; however, he countered it by designing a composition of slick and airily curtain-walls made with slate panels in steel frames placed between the rhythmically disposed pilasters. The complex displays amply, a virtuous and elegant design drawn from the principles of modern architecture so characteristic in the works of Taniguchi.
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docomomo選定年度：1999
