The website of Mainichi Nihonbashi Building, Palaceside Building’s new “sibling” that joined this summer (
https://www.mai-b.co.jp/m_nihombashi/), went live in December (photo above). You can jump from this Palaceside site too (photo at right), red circle: click the lower right of the top page.
Mainichi Nihonbashi Building stands in Nihonbashi 2-chome, Chuo Ward — a prime site near Chuo-dori, home to Takashimaya Nihonbashi and others. On about 900 square meters sits a reinforced-concrete office building of eight stories above and one below, about 6,700 square meters in total floor area. Completed in May 2012, four and a half years old, it was acquired on June 30 this year from Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Fukuoka) by The Mainichi Newspapers, also owner of Palaceside Building; Mainichi Building Co. manages it, as it does Palaceside.
The site is organized as “Top,” then the three themes “Safety,” “Environment” and “Comfort,” plus the usual “Property overview,” “Access” and “Inquiries.”
“Safety” (photo below, left) introduces the building’s seismic isolation. With a photo of the devices: “After high-capacity piles support the foundation, a state-of-the-art isolation system combining laminated-rubber bearings (18 points) and oil dampers (8 points) absorbs building motion. Compared with earthquake resistance, office equipment is less likely to topple and people are safer, so it plays a part in each office’s BCP (business continuity plan).”
“Environment” (photo below, right) explains that lighting and HVAC “pursue comfort and function while also achieving energy saving through state-of-the-art systems,” and notes photovoltaic units (5.5 kW × 2).
The top page also carries a commentary on Nihonbashi, where the building stands, titled “A hub of information then and now” (photo at right). From the Edo period it was “the starting point of the Five Highways, including the Tokaido and Nakasendo;
many people set out from Nihonbashi… and it prospered as a commercial center where all kinds of goods gathered.” “Nihonbashi, with more than 400 years of history, is now one of Japan’s leading business and commercial districts, where many famous shops and old houses keep their noren while companies that work the world crowd together. The keywords are ‘tradition’ and ‘innovation.’ Skillfully taking in the best of old and new, Nihonbashi will keep adding to its charm as a district.”
Please look kindly on Palaceside Building’s younger brother, Mainichi Nihonbashi Building.