Sugamo Shinkin Bank -Tokiwadai Branch - interior

This bank takes pride in making its customers happy and aims to translate this care into the design in each one of its branches by the means of color and its ability to improve their clients' moods; they usually work with the same architect, Emmanuelle Moureaux, a Tokyo-based French architect who is known for her brightly colored architecture and design projects.

This project, in particular, is based on the concept of foliage and trees; the program includes a series of interior gardens including real trees into the design and a variety of painted leaves that aim to overlap with the trees living in the gardens. The facade mimics the way the light comes between the foliage, and its perforated cladding draws tree silhouettes on the facade.