Arup in Japan

Arup in Japan
A glimpse into Arups global expertise in Japan
We shape a better world

Arup is the creative force at the heart of many
of the worlds most prominent projects in the
built environment and across industry.
We offer a broad range of professional
services that combine to make a
real difference to our clients and the
communities in which we work.
We are truly global. From 92 offices
in 40 countries, our 12,000 planners,
designers, engineers and consultants
deliver innovative projects across the
world with creativity and passion.
Founded in 1946 with an enduring set
of values, our unique trust ownership
fosters a distinctive culture and
an intellectual independence that
encourages collaborative working.
This is reflected in everything we do,

allowing us to develop meaningful
ideas, help shape agendas and deliver
results that frequently surpass the
expectations of our clients.
The people at Arup are driven to find
a better way and to deliver better
solutions for our clients.
We shape a better world.
ODA
On the cover
Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos, Gifu
On this page
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
Japan experience
We bring together staff with diverse
backgrounds and experiences to work with
clients on projects in Japan and overseas.
With a local office in Tokyo, Arup has
been working in Japan for more than 25
years. We have successfully completed
a number of high profile projects, and
cemented a reputation for creative
design, technical excellence and
strategic management.
Kansai International Airport, opened in
1994, is our first monumental project
locally. Since then, we have worked
on a lot of iconic projects across the
country. Our portfolio ranges from
skyscrapers such as MODE GAKUEN
Cocoon Tower in Shinjuku to ecofriendly buildings like Minna no Mori
Gifu Media Cosmos.
The Tokyo office is also active

across Asia including China, Taiwan,
Vietnam, Malaysia and the Middle
East.
We understand the challenges facing
our clients in an era of change, and
we are always driven to find better
solutions to meet clients needs and
exceed their expectations
Koji Horiuchi
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MODE GAKUEN Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
We adopt a holistic
approach to any project,
which enables us to offer
an integrated design
service to our clients.
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ROKI Global Innovation Centre, Shizuoka
Bottom
Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
(Architecture: Arup Associates)
This concept defines not only the company structure but also our
client relationships. Arup believes that successful projects result
from engaging the client at the beginning of the assignment. Our
teams form close relationships with our clients that continue to
completion and beyond.
We are renowned for our multidisciplinary skills from planning
and architecture to building design incorporating structural, civil,
MEP engineering and other specialist skills.
Kenji Kobayashi
Integrated
design
Introduced by our founder, Sir Ove Arup, the integrated design

concept requires the involvement of all professional design and
engineering disciplines in the design process, in which all design
aspects are considered thoroughly and integrated into a whole.
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Ground-breaking
innovation
Creativity, innovation
and technical excellence
are, in our view, inherent
to the design process.
Arup has a reputation for pioneering innovations and for fresh

approaches to age-old challenges. The firms creative spark
and intellectual independence have been there from its very
beginning.
We are driven to discover new ways to turn ideas into tangible
reality. This passion is behind many of the worlds iconic
architectural, engineering, infrastructure and planning projects.
It is also behind the firms relentless pursuit of technical
excellence and willingness to invest in research and innovation.
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National Taichung Theatre, Taichung
Bottom
High Roller, Las Vegas
Arup seeks ever better ways to imagine, re-imagine and reshape

the built environment through ground-breaking innovations.
Colt/Arup/SCC
Simon Kennedy
Sustainability
We always aim to deliver

solutions based on the
pillars of sustainability:
environmental integrity,
economic viability, social
welfare and efficient
resource utilisation.
Left
BIQ House, Hamburg
Right
Sky Believe in Better Building, London
(Architecture and engineering: Arup Associates)
Sustainability is one of our cornerstones. We add value to clients

through services which integrate sustainability into their business.
We have developed SPeAR (Sustainable Project Appraisal
Routine) as a design tool capable of illustrating and optimising
sustainability issues. We are experienced in conducting
sustainability assessment and certification by implementing
universally accepted rating tools such as CASBEE
(Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment
Efficiency), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method), LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) and WELL.
Arup is one of the worlds leading sustainable engineers with
an extensive list of forward-looking projects around the world
from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the UK to Minna no
Mori Gifu Media Cosmos in Japan, from BIQ House in Germany
to Sludge Treatment Facility in China.
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Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima
Bottom
London 2012 Aquatics Centre, London
Our people are known for their desire to challenge themselves to

push the boundaries of what is possible in order to innovate and
bring about positive change. This leads us to find new answers
for our clients, helping to create new ways of thinking.
Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners
As a firm that positively

impacts the world, we
attract people that strive
to make a difference
people with a vision for
innovation and progress.
The depth of expertise and the sheer number of specialists allow

us to take on complex, strategic projects that no other firm could
have delivered.
Hufton+Crow
Thought
leaders
Arup brings together professionals from diverse disciplines and

with complementary skills, on a uniquely global scale.
Truly multidisciplinary
Acoustic consulting
IT and communications systems
Advanced technology and research
Industrial engineering
Airport planning
Landscape architecture
Architecture
Lighting design
Audio visual and multimedia
Management consulting
Bridge engineering
Maritime engineering
Building information modelling (BIM)
Materials
Building physics
MEP engineering
Building retrofit
Operations consulting
Civil engineering
Programme and project management
Commission and building performance

evaluation
Rail engineering
Due diligence
Energy strategy
Environmental consulting
Faade engineering
Facilities management
Fire
Flood risk management
Fluid dynamics
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Geotechnics
Hydrogeology
Infrastructure design
Intelligent transport solution
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Renewable energy
Resilience, security and risk
Smart cities
Structural engineering
Sustainability consulting
Theatre consulting
Transaction advice
Transport consulting
Tunnel design
Vertical transportation design
Vehicle design
Water engineering
Wind engineering
Image
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Arup draws upon skills and

capabilities from diverse
disciplines to seek ever better
ways to imagine, design and shape
the built environment.
Sir Ove Arup was an engineer and

a philosopher, the founder of Arup and
the source of our firms values. He
believed wholeheartedly in total design
and advocated the social usefulness
of engineers. His lasting legacy is
the positive impact Arup makes on
the built environment and for us, this
means to shape a better world.
*Use of the Sydney Opera House image under licence from Sydney Opera House
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Building
design
Our designers share a
common goal: to create
buildings that work better
for people.
Arup unites a global network of inventive and highly skilled

building engineers and design specialists. Together, we are best
known for helping to shape ambitious buildings.
While our most recognisable work is in complex, groundbreaking structures, many of which Arups input made possible,
it is better building performance that drives us. What defines a
buildings performance will depend on its purpose. Listening to
the things that make an asset valuable to our clients, and to their
buildings users, gives direction to our designs. Furthermore, we
are experienced in using BIM (building information modelling)
capabilities to collect all the information in a smart, integrated
digital format.
With world-class expertise creative and technical we help
to realise buildings that are better because they are more useful
and attractive to the people who own and inhabit them, more
sympathetic to their context and more commercially sustainable.
Hiroyuki Hirai
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Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita
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Koichi Torimura
Key services
MEP engineering
Through creative collaborations with talented architects

and designers, we have successfully delivered numerous
award-winning projects. With a profound appreciation for
quality design, our team thrives on the opportunity to explore
innovative structural solutions. Our engineers are especially
fluent in cutting-edge seismic engineering technologies such
as base-isolated structures and seismic dampers.
We have delivered comprehensive and integrated design

of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system (MEP)
for various types of projects including commercial,
governmental, and industrial buildings both in Japan and
overseas. We are also leaders in advanced environmental
analysis and sustainability consulting that can materialise
truly sustainable buildings and a low-carbon economy.
We have delivered some of the most challenging projects

from concept to completion in Japan, a country prone to
natural disasters. This has enabled our structural engineers
to refine their ability to design stable, durable, elegant and
economic buildings in all conditions.
By leveraging our unique set of skills, international

experience and knowledge, and deep understanding of
the local market, we offer neat and innovative solutions,
matching the needs of our clients with good communication
and passion for excellence.
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Shonan Harbor Yacht House, Kanagawa
Right
ONOMICHI U2, Hiroshima
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Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners
Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima
Hiroyuki Hirai
Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita
The museum is designed to be open and flexible,

while incorporating the traditional bamboo crafts of
Oita. The ground floor is a large column-free space
that can be fully opened to the outside, while the
upper floor consists of closed exhibition spaces with
timber grid faade.
Arup realised this challenging design by adopting
seismic base isolation, long-span steel trusses and
hanging floor, and also applying state-of-the-art
CFD simulations. The distinctive outer timber grid
walls of the upper exhibition space are made of
structural timber braces and steel columns with timber
coverings that act as fire protection, making full use
of this sustainable material.
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This wedding chapel is midway on a hill overlooking

the Seto Inland Sea, located somewhere between
Onomichi and Tomonoura in Hiroshima prefecture.
While its appearance may be unusual, it effectively
turns the surroundings into its own garden. Two
separate stairways spiral up and unite as one at the
top, just like a metaphor for marriage. They also
form the chapels roof, eaves and walls, creating a
central nave that can accommodate 80 guests.
Project owner:
Oita Prefectural Government
Project owner:
Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation
Architect / client:
Shigeru Ban Architect
Architect / client:
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co., Inc.
Arup services:
MEP engineering
Arup services:
MEP engineering
Lighting design
NTT Communications
Tokyo No.6 Data Center, Tokyo
Kindaikenchiku-sha
ROKI Global Innovation Centre,

Shizuoka
The buildings design utilises its surroundings and

the sloped terrain to achieve the most desirable
lighting and thermal comfort. ROKI itself is a
firm that researches and manufactures air filtering
components for vehicle engines. The large glazed
roof utilises this material to allow for enhanced
daylight penetration. The adaptive design admits
light and wind naturally into the building, ensuring
thermal comfort. The building has a wide-open
column-free space under a long-span roof supported
by hybrid trusses made of steel and wood.
This base-isolated data centre in Tokyo has a GFA of

22,000m2. To ensure high performance, reliability and
effectiveness in its structural, air conditioning and power
supply systems, Arup engineers proposed to insert
a structural truss beam between the raised floor and
concrete slab to effectively reduce the floor height. The
reversed truss beam leaves the underside of the slab flat
so that it allows easy and flexible anchoring of building
systems on the ceiling. The data centre also features
a range of new technologies such as Diesel Rotary
UPS and low energy cooling systems, achieving high
environmental and cost performance.
Project owner:
ROKI Co., Ltd.
Project owner:
NTT Communications Corporation
Architect / client:
Tetsuo Kobori Architects
Architect / client:
NTT FACILITIES, INC.
Arup services:
MEP engineering
Arup services:
MEP consulting
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Specialist
technical
services
Arups specialist
technical services
complement our existing
suite of skills and services
to deliver unparalleled
consultancy packages for
our clients.
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Keiun building, Tokyo
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To meet the needs of clients, for 70 years Arup has developed an

unparalleled range of specialist technical services to help to meet
business objectives and to support corporate responsibility and
sustainability agendas.

Acoustics consulting
Audio visual and multimedia
Faade engineering
Fire
Geotechnics
IT and communications systems
Lighting design
Materials
Vertical transportation design
Wind engineering
Arups technical specialists in the above services are leaders

in the fields, and are deeply engaged with our professional and
social communities. For clients, our specialists can not only
bring a tight focus to niche problems, but also pool expertise
in new ways to develop highly original, improved responses to
complex multifaceted situations.
ISOZAKI + HuQian Partners
Nacasa & Partners
Key services
Faade engineering
Lighting design
A buildings skin can define its value, performance and

architectural expression. Faades and building envelopes
which form the outer skins of buildings are not only
expressing the project image and creative intent but also
influencing significantly the buildings embodied energy and
operational energy consumption. A thoughtfully designed skin
can make a new building work more effectively for its owners,
occupants and environment.
In skilled hands, lighting enhances, sculpts and inspires. We

understand the interplay of structural form and lighting, and
work with architects and artists to provide original conceptual
designs. Our technical knowledge ensures that concepts
become viable solutions. We also know how lighting affects
people at work, at home, at school and at play from day to
night not just inside but for outside spaces too. This equips
us to shape solutions that are as positive for people as they
are sustainable for the environment and for businesses.
Arups approach is based on ingenuity: everything we do, from

concept design to implementation and renovation, is designled and underpinned by technical rigour such as advanced
3D modelling technology and energy, thermal or daylighting
simulations. Arup works with building owners and architects to
develop faades that encourage productive building occupants
by providing comfortable internal environments. We also
collaborate with contractors and manufacturers to develop new
faade technologies and products.
Arup helps clients think about lighting strategically whether

their goal is to use the visual and emotional impact of light
to strengthen brand experiences or to lower carbon emissions
and save on energy bills. Our truly global team of designers
create expressive, sustainable and award-winning concepts
in light.
Left
Burberry Omotesando, Tokyo
Right
Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai
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JR Kanda Manseibashi Building,

Tokyo
Songshan Taipei New Horizon Building,

Taipei
Within a 10-minute walk from eleven train and metro

stations in central Tokyo, the high-rise office block is
characterised by the openable windows in its faade.
Each floor contains an open space called Winter
Garden for office workers to relax where windows
are openable to admit fresh air. The building has
two main faades. One is a south-facing white wall
and the other is a north-facing glass curtain wall.
The faade configuration makes good solution for
sun shading and daylight penetrations for the office
spaces. Terracotta tiles are also used in parts of the
faade to connect with the historic outlook of the JR
Manseibashi station in red bricks.
Arup acted as the faade consultant for this composite

facility located in the cultural park in Taipei whose
envelope comprises large-scaled openings with sashes
and glazed screens under an asymmetrically curved
roof. Such kind of overseas projects often require
meticulous collaborations with local architects,
engineers and contractors. As we are experienced in
both domestic and overseas projects, we were able to
support the architectural firm Toyo Ito & Associates
in accordance to local circumstances, especially in
structural analysis.
Project owner:
East Japan Railway Company
Project owner:
Taipei New Horizon
Architect / client:
JR East Design Corporation
Architect / client:
Arup service:
Faade consulting
Arup service:
Faade consulting
Iwan Baan
OMA / Philippe Ruault
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen
Muse de Louvre-Lens, Lens
Natural light is at the heart of the design. The two

main galleries feature glazed roofs with specially
designed grating that bring in daylight for exhibiting
the artworks whilst providing a nice view of the sky
from inside the building. Underneath the glazing,
there are adjustable louvres which can be opened
and closed to control the amount of daylight entering
the space. The louvres are integrated with the roof
structure and in a frame with the electric lighting
track.
SANAAs architecture requires a simple and
unobtrusive electric lighting scheme, complementing
the spaces. In response, our museography lighting
utilises museum-quality LED spotlights an energy
efficient scheme with no compromise on quality
of light.
Arup worked closely with OMA architects

to develop the lighting design from exterior
to interior. Composed of vertical (tower) and
horizontal (podium) building elements, the
faade lighting reinforces the unique architecture,
deliberately putting the structure in silhouette.
This lighting approach makes a contrast to the
surrounding high-rise towers in the central business
district.
Each floor of the tower is controlled independently,
allowing the operation of the lights to reduce
energy consumption. The luminaires are dimmable,
giving flexibility for scene setting and further
potential reduction of energy consumption while
maintaining the luminous presence of the tower.
Project owner / client:

Rgion Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Architect:
SANAA
Architect:
OMA
Arup service:
Lighting design
Arup services:
Lighting design
Faade engineering
MEP engineering
Fire engineering
Building physics
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Building information modelling
Technologies shape designs. While complex building forms are

made possible around the world, designers mission today also
includes considerations of building performances, the risks
involved in construction and their impact on the environment.
In this regard, digital tools help us further our understanding
on the relationship between those different design factors.
Digital design and co-ordination is broadly embraced by

the industry. Engineering and simulation tools are getting
increasingly sophisticated, no matter it is infrastructure,
environmental consulting, buildings, or urban planning.
At Arup, we believe a context where project participants
all interact will bring out the best from each party. We see
building information modelling (BIM) as a collaborative
platform that lets everyone participate, operate, and
document the progress, running up to the delivery.
Arup has developed a unique set of skills over the years,

allowing us to create, investigate and engineer innovative
building geometries that bring values to our clients. From
energy analysis, to multidisciplinary optimisation, or to
automated shop drawings, Arups advanced computational
design capabilities make a difference in every stage of design.
Left
Rokko Shidare Observatory, Hyogo
Right
Sludge Treatment Facility, Hong Kong
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The strength of BIM is that we remove uncertainty in the preconstruction phase via 3D models co-ordination; however,
selecting the right BIM strategies to match the scope of
work requires experience. As a design firm that has worked
with a variety of clients and projects, Arup is a specialist in
combining BIM with other skill-sets and will continue to
deliver total design to our clients.
Marcel Lam Photography
Sambuichi Architects
Computational design
Key services
Advanced technology and

research
Advanced technology & research (AT+R) plays a central
role in Arup engineering and its technical leadership around
the world. Research, advanced analysis and simulation are
the essence to our work. We bring top specialists together to
develop inventive, practical and cost-effective solutions to
complex problems, serving wide-ranging fields like building
design, infrastructure, automotive, rail and energy sectors.
AT+Rs service varies in fields including wind, seismic and
vibration engineering, damping systems, accident simulations,
offshore engineering, rehabilitation of existing structures,
blast and impact engineering, and value engineering and
optimisation. AT+R has developed numerous features for
the non-linear finite element analysis program LS-DYNA,
particularly in seismic and geotechnical analyses.
Pedestrian flow design

In both public and private venues, it is vital to carefully
consider crowd safety throughout the design process. Crowd
simulation is useful for designers, operators and owners to
understand people movement and their behavioural patterns,
such that adequate provision of space be allocated and crowd
management plans be drawn up accordingly.
Arups very own 3D modelling and crowd analysis program,
MassMotion, has a high-performance database that allows
users to rapidly analyse building designs with a variety
of built-in modelling, mapping and filtering tools. This
predictive power enables decision-making in early stages
of design. MassMotion is also suitable to create evacuation
plans for facilities or large-scale public events.
Left
Detailed finite element analysis for the Leadenhall Building, London
Right
Crowd simulation in MassMotion
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Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos,

Gifu
Silver Mountain catches immediate attention of the

visitors entering the Senzoku Gakuen University
music campus. This mountain form is carefully
cladded with stainless steel panels, and the organic
arrangement of the panels is inspired by fish-scale
pattern. The envelope employs the traditional
technique of Ichimonji-buki, a roofing system
commonly used in Japanese temples and shrines.
Arup has married this with computational techniques
so that 7,800 stainless steel plates are precisely
arranged to maximise the number of identical
instances. This shortened the construction time
while retaining the high sense of uniformity and
cohesiveness in the overall appearance viewed from
any directions.
This city library serves as the cultural centre for Gifu

city to revitalise its local community. The distinctive
timber roof flows over the open library space, and the
hanging globes illuminate the space with daylight,
while they also function as a mechanism of controlling
natural ventilation.
Project owner:
Senzoku Gakuen University
Project owner:
Gifu city
Architect:
k/o design studio + KAJIMA DESIGN
Architect / client:
Clients:
KAJIMA DESIGN
Arup services:
MEP consulting
Arup service:
Faade consulting
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Hiroshi Tanigawa
Nacasa & Partners
Silver Mountain and Red Cliff,

Kanagawa
As the overall curvature of the timber roof largely

depends on the flexibility of the layered thin planks
and the level of on-site bending, a delicate balance
between form and its performance needed to be
considered in holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
We used computational design as an essential tool to
bring these different design requirements together and
materialise them into a tangible 3D form.
Nanjing International Plaza Phase 2,

Nanjing
Veolia Water Leighton John Holland Joint Venture
Sludge Treatment Facility, Hong Kong
This is the first sludge treatment facility in Hong

Kong. The facility is self-sustaining: heat generated
in the incinerators will be recovered for power
generation and surplus power will be exported to
the regional electricity grid. Arup, together with
the JV, overcame the challenge of constructing on a
previous pulverized fuel ash lagoon, and achieved
the clients desire for an iconic architectural design
whilst meeting stringent building and fire services
requirements for the process buildings. The entire
delivery adopted a BIM process in which 3D models
were used for co-ordination, drawing production,
operational to maintenance simulation and material
take-off upon completion of the design.
This mixed-use development is located in

Nanjings city centre featuring retails, offices and
hotel and residential development. Arup carried
out traffic engineering design from conceptual
design stage to construction drawing review stage.
It considered the feasibility of traffic facilities as in
the existing Phase 1, while attempting to separate
traffic circulation according to its types. Using
the crowd simulation software MassMotion, Arup
analysed the peak-hour pedestrian movement of
different activities within the site. Width of each
internal pedestrian walkway, the design of cinema
evacuation paths and the size of lift waiting areas
were analysed. Aimsun, the vehicle simulation
software, was also used to optimise internal and
external road designs.
Project owner:
Hong Kong Governments Environmental Protection Department

Nanjing International Corporation Co Ltd.
Key collaborator / client:

Veolia-Leighton-John Holland JV
Architect:
Goettsch Partners Inc.
Arup services:
Civil engineering, Geotechnics,
Structural engineering, MEP engineering,
HV electrical engineering,
Mechanical engineering for pipe and ductwork,
Fire engineering, Landfill gas assessment,
Energy strategy, Transport consulting
Arup services:
Transport consulting
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Management
consulting
Arups management
consultants combine
unrivalled technical
expertise to offer creative,
practical and sustainable
advice.
We complete projects intelligently, and aim to produce successful

results rather than merely delivering a product.
The firm advises from strategic level to programme and project
management and project delivery. Arups management and
project consultancy expertise makes it ideally placed to act for
clients as a trusted agent and project adviser.
We understand each project and quantify the objectives so as
to make things measurable. For instance, in the sustainability
frontier, our project appraisal tool SPeAR is benchmarked
with international indicators like LEED and WELL. Arup helps
clients establish strategy and innovative approach to realise
their vision.
Arup provides its skills to clients around the world we
use a global knowledge management system to bring skills
borderlessly in order to deliver results that is tailored to both
global and local requirements by the clients.
Fotoworks
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Sony retail stores
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GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited
Hufton+Crow
Key services
Programme and project

management
We understand the value of each project and they are very
often the catalyst of change to your business. The right project
management leads to ongoing success and this is what Arup is
capable to do.
Arup aims more than just delivering a project on time or within
a sound budget or quality. We think creatively so as to generate
innovative solutions for our clients.
Our project managers have strong technical backgrounds.
With well-developed interpersonal and leadership skills, we
add values, not bureaucracy. We link corporate objectives to
project-level activities, align programme management and
business activities with change initiatives. Arup provides
comprehensive service to benefit clients businesses.
Technical advisory
Arup guides investors in negotiating the best deals, advises
lenders in managing risks and supports borrowers in
attracting the best terms.
For public sector clients, we can act as advisors on PPP and
PFI projects, throughout the procurement process.
Technical and environmental due diligence, seismic
assessment, fit-out of existing buildings, energy audit and
material consulting are our key services to enhance the yield
from assets of developers or investors and reduce risk from
asset management and ownership.

consulting
We provide trusted security and resilience advice to clients in
private and public sectors by joining the expertise in our firm.
We help organisations understand their exposure to threats,
and make informed responses.
Our services include strategic risk management, technical
risk assessment, operational planning, security engineering
and counter-terrorism measures.
Left
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Ariport Terminal 2, Mumbai
Right
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery, Wakefield
We develop strategies that manage risk throughout the life of

a project, a programme or even an organisation.
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Prada Ginza, Tokyo
This mega store in Tokyo suburb was challenging

in that Arup had to balance the requirements by
Japanese construction practices with the clients high
expectation for both innovation and efficiency.
Prior to awarding this design-and-build contract, we
facilitated a two-stage competition, allowing general
contractors to bring their ideas and construction
techniques into the design at an early stage. To meet
Ikeas high safety criteria, Arup also advised on how
to apply the US National Fire Protection Association
standards on top of Japanese regulations for the
sprinkler, smoke exhaust and fire alarm systems.
Prada had to move its flagship store in Ginza to

another location due to redevelopment. There were
many constraints during the removal, including a
tight schedule. As the project manager, we needed to
maintain good communication with the client and the
buildings owner in order to solve the issues properly.
Arup was consulted on the structural, MEP and
faade technical design for the store.

IKEA Japan KK

Prada Japan Co., Ltd.
Key collaborators:
Architect: Kume Sekkei
Contractor: Taisei Corporation
Arup services:
Project management
Structural engineering advisory
MEP engineering advisory
Faade engineering advisory
Arup services:
Project management
Structural engineering advisory
MEP engineering advisory
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Nacasa & Partners
Kawasumi Kenji Kobayashi Photo Office
IKEA Tachikawa, Tokyo
Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co Ltd
Nissan Motor Thailand No.2 Plant

Project, Bangkok
Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Centre Osaka, Osaka
Panasonics new flagship showroom in Osaka

is designed under the concept of Global
Communications Hub. As the firm itself promotes
sustainable development via the use of new
technology, they want this showroom to acquire the
LEED green building standard too. Arup played a
critical role in achieving the LEED certification and
Panasonics sustainable technology has also been
widely applied throughout the showroom, which has
then been awarded LEED Platinum and became the
first project in Japan to achieve such in the LEED-CI
retail category.
This expands Nissans production base in Thailand

with additional 100,000m2, comprising a new Paint
Plant, Trim and Chassis Plant and a new Body
Plant converted from an existing warehouse. Arup
assembled a multi-national team fluent in Japanese,
English and Thai to support its building construction.
The project had a tight schedule (14 months) and had
to be delivered to client in phases to avoid interrupting
operations at the existing plant. Significant parts of the
new blocks had to be handed over in advance for early
process equipment installation in order to meet the
production commencement date.

Panasonic Corporation

Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Key collaborators:
Obayashi Corporation, Nomura Kogeisha
Architect:
Thai Nakano Co., Ltd.
Arup services:
LEED consulting and LEED commissioning
Arup service:
Construction management support
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Infrastructure
design
Arup has worked with a
range of clients to deliver
innovative solutions
to world-leading
infrastructure design
projects across the globe.
Clients rely on our breadth of skills, experience and excellence

in major project delivery. The firm pushes the boundaries of
thinking in design to create increasingly innovative project
solutions, thereby increasing client outcomes.
Infrastructure design brings together many of the skills and
services available across Arup, from geotechnics, water
engineering, bridge design and tunnels, to site development, rail,
mining, resource and waste management, highway design, and
procurement and transaction advice. It also brings together truly
capable and influential people with wide project experience and
interesting and inspirational stories to tell.
Major infrastructure projects by their very nature involve
significant investment. Arup has solutions that are cost-effective,
efficient, sustainable and delivered in an environment in which
risks are managed.
Hufton+Crow
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Kings Cross Station, London
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Arups specialists marry global factors such as climate change

with local needs to create strategies that are efficient, smart and
practical. We are uniquely positioned to create places for the
21st Century.
Economics
and planning
Good planning is at the
heart of regenerating cities,
towns and rural areas to
establish long-term social,
economic and environmental
sustainability.
We foster good working relationships among the central

government, key regional agencies, local planning authorities
and developers, as well as involving the wider community in
consultation on many projects.
Arups economic and planning skills offer three key responses to
the challenges of the future:
Strategic planning at a broad regional or area level,
masterplanning and framework preparation, policy
advice and advising on climate change mitigation and
adaptation policy.
Consent to development for a wide range of major and
complicated projects and advising governments on
emerging policy.
Advice on economic policy and strategies, impact
assessments, socio-economic profiling and evaluation
of programmes.
Top
Tshwane Inner City Regeneration Project, Tshwane
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London 2012 Olympic and

Paralympic Games, London
New Kansai International Airport Company Ltd
Transaction advice for Kansai and

Osaka international airports, Osaka
Arup is a global leader in conducting technical and

commercial due diligence for infrastructure asset
across classes. Our unique approach which integrates
technical, operational and commercial issues within
transactions is highly recognised by leading investors
and infrastructure operators. For the first large
scale infrastructure concession deal in Japan, we
conducted vender due diligence for the two airports
in Osaka and the results help inform global investors
about the opportunity to transform performance of
existing assets.
Arup played a central role in delivering infrastructure

and venues for the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. We provided a great variety of
services, including transport and security consulting
from strategy development, planning stage to
operation. Arup continues to provide vital services
for its legacy transformation in order to bring
lasting benefits to the local and wider community in
Stratford.

New Kansai International Airport Company, Ltd.

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), Organising Committee
for the London 2012 Olympic Games (LOCOG), London
Legacy Development Corporation, et al
Arup services:
Technical advisor, including asset condition assessment,
demand forecasting, development plan and CAPEX
analysis, financial modelling, service level assessment
and environmental risk assessment
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Arup services:
A full range of planning, design and engineering services
including civil engineering, geotechnics, bridge and
highway design, landscape design, lighting design,
sustainability consulting, town planning, transport
planning, water engineering, ICT and security
City Resilience Framework
Zuidas Dok
Zuidas Development Amsterdam,

Amsterdam
The Zuidas project demonstrates Arups vision of

how Transit Oriented Development (TOD) should
look like. Arup was appointed to develop strategic
guiding principles and ambition for the districts
future development. The central core accommodates
930,000m of mixed-use development around the
new high-speed rail station and a robust network of
infrastructure and access routes to be submerged to
below ground. The creation of a collection of new
public squares as part of the open space network of
Zuidas and its surroundings is the cornerstone for a
timeless and long-lasting development framework for
the city.
City resilience is the capacity of a city to function,

so that citizens survive and thrive no matter what
stresses or shocks they encounter. Arup developed
the framework as a tool for cities to understand their
resilience. It consists of four aspects of resilience
health and wellbeing, economy and social, leadership
and strategy, infrastructure and ecosystems and
12 indicators, and is used to shape urban planning,
practices and investment.

City of Amsterdam
Sponsor / client:
The Rockefeller Foundation
Arup services:
Masterplanning, sustainability strategy, transport planning,
interchange design and city resilience framework
Arup services:
Study and analysis and framework development
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Social
usefulness
One of our founding
pillars is to be socially
useful in our work. We
research into the future
and help the community
with our expertise
wherever we can.
Research and development

Underpinning it all is the firms research expertise. Arup
works to expand and communicate the know-how, building
the foundations for future business by identifying needs and
opportunities as well as sponsoring research with external
partners.
Contributing to society
Arups global network of expertise and insight provides a
wealth of advice for countries who are looking for a brighter
future, and for communities that require relief and aid.
In the aftermath of the recent Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
with nuclear issues still going on, Arup supported architects
having high motive to build a Home for All in Soma city
(Fukushima prefecture) on a pro-bono basis, to provide
a much needed communal setting for affected families to
gather and raise each others spirit.
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Klein Dytham Architecture
Tpoint Japan Co. Ltd
Top
Arups foresight research publications
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Soma city Home for All, Fukushima
In the past 70 years, we have been recognised as the go-to firm

for the most structurally and logistically complex projects.
Sydney Opera House, for instance, still very much defines the
host city or even as a national icon to the world.
Arups legacy is seen around

the world a testimony that
we always achieve fantastic
ideas for current and future
generations.
Top
Kansai International Airport, Osaka
Bottom
Millennium Bridge, London
Always with the future in mind, our designs express the true
sense of sustainability and are relevant to the users and the
immediate surroundings.
Grant Smith
Legacy
projects
Even in Japan, our presence extends far beyond a landmark in

Tokyo, but also covers shop fronts of luxury stores, seismicproof city halls, next-generation factories to airports, or even
kindergartens for local communities. We influence the built
environment with you together.
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Global
Beddington Zero Energy Development,

London, 2001
30 St Mary Axe, London, 2003

Etablissement Public du Centre Pompidou

Peabody Trust

Swiss Reinsurance Co (UK) Ltd
Architect:
Piano & Rogers
Arup services:
MEP engineering
Architect:
Foster + Partners
Raf Makda/VIEW
Grant Smith/VIEW
Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1977
Arup services:
Structural and MEP engineering
Arup services:
Structural, re, security and wind engineering
and transport
Hufton+Crow

Allianz Arena Mnchen Stadion GmbH

Beijing State-owned Assets Management Co

Union Railways (North) Ltd
Architect:
Herzog and De Meuron
Arup services:
Structural and faade engineering, and building
physics
Arup services:
Multidisciplinary design and architectural services
Arup services:
Sports architecture and structural engineering
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St Pancras International Railway

Station, London, 2007
National Aquatics Center, Beijing, 2006
Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena, Munich, 2005

Union Railways construction client for London &
Continental
Arup services:
Infrastructural design, planning and
multidisciplinary engineering
California Academy of Sciences,

San Francisco, 2008
David J Osborn
Daniel Clements
Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, London

2008
Tim Griffith
High Speed 1, London-Paris, 2007

British Airports Authority (BAA)

California Academy of Sciences
Arup services:
Architect:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Stantec Inc.
Arup services:
Structural engineering, MEP engineering, re
consulting, faade engineering, lighting design,
sustainability consulting, acoustics consulting
and pedestrian planning
Canton Tower, Guangzhou, 2010
Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong,

2009
Christian Richters
Citi Data Centre, Frankfurt, 2008

Citigroup Inc

Hong Kong Governments Highways Department
Project owner / client::

Guangzhou New TV Tower Construction Co Ltd
Arup services:
Architecture and engineering - Arup Associates
Arup services:
Civil, structural, geotechnics, wind, MEP,
maritime, lighting, transport planning, durability
detailed engineering design and construction
supervision
Arup services:
Masterplanning and urban design, architecture,
seismic design, lighting design, civil engineering,
geotechnics and cost management
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Japan
Fukushima Convention Centre,

Fukushima, 1998
Toyota Stadium, Aichi, 2001
Project owner:
Kansai International Airport Company
Project owner:
Fukushima prefecture
Project owner:
Toyota city
Architect / client:
Architect / client:
Atsushi Kitagawara Architects
Architect / client:
Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates
Arup services:
Structural, MEP and fire engineering
Arup services:
Structural and fire engineering, lighting, and
acoustics consultancy
Arup service:
Maison Hermes, Tokyo, 2001
National Theatre Okinawa, Okinawa,

2003
Chubu Centrair International Airport

Passenger Terminal Building, Aichi, 2005
Studio Murai
Shinkenchiku-sha
Michel Denance

Hermes Japan
Project owner:
Japan Arts Council
Project owner:
Central Japan International Airport
Architect:
Architect / client:
Shin Takamatsu Architect and Associates
Interior:
Rena Dumas Architecture Interieure
Arup services:
Collaborators (JV partners):

Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.
HOK
Arup services:
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Toyota city
Shinkenchiku-sha
Kansai International Airport Passenger

Terminal Building, Osaka, 1994
Arup services:
Structural and faade engineering
Nissan Design Centre, Kanagawa,

2006
Ohgami
Koji Kobayashi/Spiral
Sony City, Tokyo, 2006
Nissan
AIG Nagasaki Building, Nagasaki,

2005
Project owner:
Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd
Project owner:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Arup services:
Project management, architecture, structural and
MEP engineering
Architect / client:
Plantec Architects Inc.
Architect / client:
Plantec Architects Inc.
Arup services:
Structural engineering and faade consultancy
Arup services:
Inujima Seirensho Art Museum,

Okayama, 2008
Multi-story Container Temporary

Housing, Miyagi, 2011
Hiroyuki Hirai
Daichi Ano
Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Tokyo, 2007
Sambuichi Architects

American International Group K.K.
Project owner:
Swatch Group Japan
Project owner:
Soichiro Fukutake
Project owner:
Onagawa-cho in Miyagi
Architect / client:
Shigeru Ban Architects
Architect / client:
Hiroshi Sambuich/Sambuichi Architects
Client:
TSP TAIYO Inc.
Arup services:
Art:
Yukinori Yanagi
Operated by Fukutake Foundation
Architect:
Shigeru Ban Architects
Arup services:
Structural engineering, environmental consulting
and building physics
Arup services:
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Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort and the Helix Bridge, Singapore
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A glimpse into Arups global expertise in Japan

We shape a better world

This is reflected in everything we do,

The Tokyo office is also active

On the opposite page

Introduced by our founder, Sir Ove Arup, the integrated design

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Arup has a reputation for pioneering innovations and for fresh

Arup seeks ever better ways to imagine, re-imagine and reshape

We always aim to deliver

Sustainability is one of our cornerstones. We add value to clients

Our people are known for their desire to challenge themselves to

Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners

As a firm that positively

The depth of expertise and the sheer number of specialists allow

Arup brings together professionals from diverse disciplines and

IT and communications systems

Advanced technology and research

Audio visual and multimedia

Building information modelling (BIM)

Programme and project management

Commission and building performance

Arup draws upon skills and

Sir Ove Arup was an engineer and

Arup unites a global network of inventive and highly skilled

Through creative collaborations with talented architects

We have delivered comprehensive and integrated design

We have delivered some of the most challenging projects

By leveraging our unique set of skills, international

Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners

Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima

Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita

The museum is designed to be open and flexible,

This wedding chapel is midway on a hill overlooking

ROKI Global Innovation Centre,

The buildings design utilises its surroundings and

This base-isolated data centre in Tokyo has a GFA of

To meet the needs of clients, for 70 years Arup has developed an

Audio visual and multimedia

IT and communications systems

Resilience, security and risk

Vertical transportation design

Arups technical specialists in the above services are leaders

ISOZAKI + HuQian Partners

Nacasa & Partners

A buildings skin can define its value, performance and

In skilled hands, lighting enhances, sculpts and inspires. We

Arups approach is based on ingenuity: everything we do, from

Arup helps clients think about lighting strategically whether

JR Kanda Manseibashi Building,

Songshan Taipei New Horizon Building,

Within a 10-minute walk from eleven train and metro

Arup acted as the faade consultant for this composite

OMA / Philippe Ruault

Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen

Muse de Louvre-Lens, Lens

Natural light is at the heart of the design. The two

Arup worked closely with OMA architects

Project owner / client:

Project owner / client:

Building information modelling

Technologies shape designs. While complex building forms are