Namba Parks is a mixed-use shopping complex located in Osaka, Japan, designed to integrate natural greenery into a dense urban environment through a unique architectural 'canyon' structure. The complex includes retail, office spaces, residential units, and recreational areas, featuring pedestrian-friendly designs and sustainable practices such as rooftop gardens. Phase II of the project will expand retail space and add more residential units, with the development aimed at enhancing community engagement and providing vital connections to nature.

1. NAMBA PARK
SHOPPING
COMPLEX
Bringing nature to urban density
Osaka, japan
なんばパークス

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“People use the park as
an amenity. They use it
as their own back yard in
a highly urban
environment.”
Jeri Oka, Senior Design Principal

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Project Type
Sustainability, Open/Public Space, Office,
Residential, Mixed-Use, Retail
Location
Osaka, Japan
Size
3,230,000 sq. ft(74.15 acre)
Client
Nankai Electric Railway Co. & Obayashi Corp.
Executive Architect
Obayashi Corporation
ARCHITECT (Retail)
The Jerde Partnership
NAMBA PARK
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Project Location
Located in Osaka's dense Business District, the project
sits on what was formerly the site of a dormant baseball
stadium. Within this formidable, grey environment, JERDE
envisioned Namba Parks as a canyon cutting through an
urban park - an awe-inspiring respite for the people of
Osaka.
Japan

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Special features
Pedestrian-Friendly Design
Transit-Oriented Development
Infill Development
Shared Parking
Underground Parking
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Namba Parks is a massive shopping complex in
the Minami area of Osaka with an unique
architectural structure. In an attempt to bring
some natural greenery into Osaka’s concrete
jungle, the building is composed of a series of
rising terraces with rooftop gardens at each level.
Through the center of the structure there is a huge “canyon” which
provides dramatic viewpoints from every floor. Around this canyon are 9
floors of shops, restaurants, and other facilities such as a cinema, and an
outdoor rooftop arena.
Namba park concept
Concept statement
Namba Parks,
Osaka, Japan
Site Area: 8.33 acres
Total Building Area:130,000 sq. meters
Program: Phase 1
40,000 sq. meters
Retail/Entertainment
60,000 sq. meters Office
25,000 sq. meters Common space
2,700 sq. meters Cultural
2.2 Acres Open Space
1,251 Parking Spaces
Phase II
75,000 square meters Retail &
Entertainment (124 shops, 2,164-seat
cinema)
38,000 square meters Residential

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The canyon is designed as an armature that's also as an amenity, providing a natural experience in an urban environment.
CONCEPT

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Site surrounding
Visually, the site is anchored by both an office and
residential tower.
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SITE
PLAN
With a rail line on one side and a busy street on another,
Namba Parks presents a park atop 8-levels of retail.

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At street level are
the entrances to
the office tower
and to the Japan
Racing
Association's off-
track betting
facility.
The curved Carnival
Street is a 14-
meter-wide (46-
foot-wide)
pedestrian arcade
serving Nankai's
Namba City shops,
built under the
Nankai rail tracks.
phase II (shaded),
to be started in
2005, will increase
Namba parks' retail
space by 50
percent and add
146 condominium
units.

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Floor plan

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Floor plan

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Photographic analysis
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Section of namba park
This northward sectional view shows the relative narrowness of
the canyon as it cuts through the eight levels of retail uses above
grade. At the extreme left is the elevated viaduct of the Osaka-
Kobe Expressway, and at grade, Midosuji. Facing the street, the
30-story office tower provides a buffer for Namba parks.

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Interior of Namba park
The open space is curvilinear and non-planar in all dimensions. An elevator
tower rises in the oval center and glass-enclosed pedestrian bridges traverse
the canyon at various points at different levels, connecting the interior spaces.
Though the project's
interior was originally
conceived by the
client as a simple
concrete passageway
to connect the
southern parcel of
the site to the
crowded, people-
intensive northern
parcel, we proposed
a natural 'canyon'
instead.

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Interior of Namba park
Constructed from bands of colored stone, the
canyon reinforces the project's connection with
nature while forming the primary circulation
pattern.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ROOFTOP GARDEN 15
The park provides the community with an abundance of
amenities within the urban environment, including gardens,
gathering spaces, quiet flower-lined pathways, and
performance venues, providing a vital connection to nature.

16. Features like the community gardens help to
weave Namba Parks into the fabric of people's
lives.
During the summer, when asphalt can reach
124 degrees Fahrenheit and concrete is 113,
the rooftop park is only 93.ftop
Photographic analysis of rooftop garden
The signature park features trees, miniature ponds, shrubbery,
and planting beds—all irrigated by recycled water filtered from
the graywater of the restaurants within the complex.

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The presence
of this multi-
family tower,
alongside the
office complex
and eight-
level retail
center make
this a true
mixed-use
project.
Phase 2 of Namba Parks brought the
project's second tower and 344 of
for-rent apartments.
The project created 6,400 jobs
and generates over
$140,000,000 in annual sales
Phase 2 photographs

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SWOT ANALYSIS
Strength
• The concept of canyon and bringing nature in urban jungle was a thoughtful and
innovative idea.
• The intend of bringing natural light and ventilation push this project toward
sustainability.
• Natural form and curvilinear pathways makes the experience of shopping much relaxing
and organic.
• Rooftop gardens make it a place of high worth as it get connects to peoples mind and
give them a pleasure of experiencing natural folds and greenery in this concrete
surrounding.
• More than a mall it is a space of togetherness.
• It is successful in generating avenue as well as peoples satisfaction.
• It is a successful building.
Weakness
It was hard to find any.
Opportunity
• Opens opportunity to think
in terms of designing a
successful architecture
instead of some concrete
blocks.
• This project redefined the
concept of mall in broader
spectrum.
Threat
• This project is guide and
rest of the building
surrounding it or us is a
threat to us , to
architecture .

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Reference
https://jerde.com/projects/7917/namba-parks
https://casestudies.uli.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/C035006.pdf
https://www.osakastation.com/namba-parks-shopping-complex

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HANSA KATARE
3RD YR 6TH SEM.