Works#Social Good

Sophia University Yotsuya Campus Building 15 aims to contribute to the achievement of SDGs and the realization of a decarbonized society, and to become a sustainable landmark in the region, with the keyword "turning the city into a forest". It was opened as a base for education and regional exchange. It is a three-story wooden fireproof structure designed and construction by Sumitomo Forestry, and the main structure uses Kigurumi FR®, an original pure wood fireproof laminated timber made from Tama-produced cedar. The façade, which is covered with a criss-crossed wooden latticework, is concept design that expresses the founding principles of Sophia University: diversity, interaction with others, truth, and tradition. The first floor will be used to operate a cafe that can be used by the general public, and as part of community contribution activities, we plan to provide space that can be used as a disaster prevention warehouse to neighboring neighborhood associations. The second and third floors are also used for classrooms for ``Professional Studies,'' a course for working adults. Our company was in charge of design, layout, and construction of the third floor, which is used as a classroom for courses for working adults. We aim to create a space that is a place to gather, learn, and talk about nurturing wisdom, and we also connect stories from architecture to the materials that make up the space, using Nishikawa wood from Hanno, which built the town of Edo together with materials from Tama. concept design utilizes Japanese cedar and cypress.

The concept is "symbiosis". This is a project to establish an exchange base in the Arahama area of Sendai City, which was affected by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Based on the concept of an ``inclusive society'' where people of all generations and with or without disabilities can gather, we have created an ``open space'' where you can enjoy activities and events and learn about disaster prevention and mitigation. The site area is 1.3 hectares. The site consists of three areas: a cafe and co-working space, a farm, and an inclusive facility where children with disabilities can play. The clubhouse uses VR equipment jointly developed by a major telecommunications company and a local university to become a place for children to learn about disaster prevention, where they can learn about the Arahama area before and after the earthquake and how to respond in the event of a disaster. I am. The project is part of Sendai City's project to utilize the site of a disaster prevention collective relocation site, and is funded by a subsidy from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Our company provided support for acquisition applications and completion reports. This time, we completed the clubhouse area as the first phase. Aiming to create facilities that take root in the community and grow together with them, parks and indoor facilities are planned to be developed in stages based on future projections in collaboration with local residents.

We were commissioned by Mitsubishi Estate to propose and develop new product ideas for office interiors materials for their group company MEC Industry, and from among a number of ideas, we worked on developing partitions and OA floors for the sale of wood products. Ta. At the "Non-Residential Wooden Architecture Fair 2023" to be held in May 2023, the mock-ups created during the development process will be displays at the Mitsubishi Estate Group booth, and we will also be looking at design, layout that can be installed at the Mitsubishi Estate Group booth. This was done in collaboration with all concerned parties. Through this fair, we received feedback from those involved and refined the mock-up in terms of concept design, construction, and procurement in preparation for actual sales, which led to the installation of Mitsubishi Estate's headquarters. NOMURA also cooperates with the design and construction of the installation.

This is a maintenance and demonstration experiment event at Motona Beach in Kyonan-cho, Awa-gun, Chiba Prefecture, utilizing Chiba Prefecture's "Project to Promote High Value-Added Tourism Content." We named the new use of the seaside after the summer high season "Seaside Time," and planned and implemented the project from September to November 2022. The special event held from November 12th to 13th included the first and largest participatory sky lantern and candle night in the Uchibo area, the installation of upcycled art using local waste materials such as driftwood, and a gourmet kitchen where you can enjoy the charm of Uchibo. We provided a new seaside experience such as cars, and many people visited. Our company promotes a series of initiatives including secretariat work for application to Chiba Prefecture, planning, promotion of event demonstration experiments (planning, concept design, construction, management, promotion), effect verification, and reporting. did.

This is the first major renovation of L'Oréal Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the world's largest cosmetics company L'Oréal Group, since moving its headquarters to Shinjuku Park Tower in 2006. The renovated office, named ``Beauty Valley'' based on the concept of ``En-EN-,'' is a place where beauty can be created to connect ``connections'' with the country of Japan, customers, business partners, and employees. My thoughts are put into it. concept design themes for each area are based on the four seasons (spring, summer, fall, and winter), and furniture and decorations created using Japanese craftsmanship are used to incorporate Japanese beauty throughout. In addition, we upcycled about 4,400 in-house products of about 60 types, including eye shadow, foundation, and lipstick, before they were discarded, and used them for paint, lighting shades, tiles, etc. In addition to pursuing sustainable beauty, we fully express L'Oréal's beauty by installing product display fixtures similar to those in stores. Additionally, the office has been designed with attention to detail, including light, sound and materials, in line with LEED standards, an international certification for sustainable buildings that guarantees energy efficiency and waste management. Our company participated in this project as the general construction company for interiors.

Nishio Rentall, a comprehensive rental company focusing on construction machinery and event materials, has opened a research and development facility in Osaka to carry out technology development and demonstration experiments to advance sharing solutions in preparation for the Osaka/Kansai Expo to be held in 2025. It was built on the island. In the area of Building A-1, which we were in charge of, there is a pedestrian deck connecting the nearest station, Cosmo Square Station, and the Osaka Prefectural Sakishima Government Building, which is open to anyone including nearby residents other than employees. I was in charge of the shared space space and lobby that serves as the facility's reception desk.

This is a project in charge of the renovation of "River City 21 Shinkawa," a 505-unit tower residence completed in 1995. The property faces the Chuo Ohashi Bridge along the Sumida River and is located in a riverside location with an attractive natural and open view. The Chuo Ohashi Bridge that spans the condominium is lit up at night and is known as a landmark of the Tsukuda area. A promenade has been built along the Sumida River, and it has become a place of relaxation for local residents to take a walk or jog. There is a wide lineup of dwelling units, from 1R/1K single plans to 2LDK, and there are plenty of unique floor plans such as Japanese-style rooms with Ryukyu tatami mats and plans with spacious stock rooms. Along with the owner change, we entrusted the design and construction of this pioneering Wangan tower condominium, "a property with high potential for the coexistence of nature and the city," with the mission of adding value to the present age. .

We were in charge of the planning, concept design, and construction of the renovation of the entrance of Oji Holdings Co., Ltd.'s headquarters (main building). The concept is "forest field". In order to express the company's desire to move forward with forest resources at the entrance, native species of live trees and wooden fixtures are effectively arranged, and the focus is on realism, where you can feel the healing of the forest while staying in an office building in the city. I aimed to create a space. The wooden fixtures are made from coniferous trees such as Sakhalin firs and larch, as well as hardwoods such as Quercus crispula and birch harvested from company-owned forests. We used plenty of solid wood to create a beautiful and warm space unique to wood.

We were in charge of design, layout, building execution of the hands-on housing showroom, which is the 5th domestic store of AI Komuten, where you can "see," "touch," and "feel." This store is located on the 5th floor of Tonarie Utsunomiya, located in front of Utsunomiya Station in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, and utilizes approximately 132 tsubo (about 132 tsubo). I am sending out information. The showroom is more compact than conventional stores, making it easy to use and find. In terms of concept design, interiors is produced with motifs of Oya stone and Tochigi leather, and while feeling "Tochigi-ness" everywhere, the latest housing equipment, interior building materials, outer walls, roofs, sashes, and other actual items displays. The showroom has a corner where you can experience AR, and you can know "why people choose AI Komuten".

This project is an upcycling activity that complements and displays "SCRAP" emitted from building materials and interiors materials as "FURNITURE," reuses it as recycled material, and returns it to the earth. According to an announcement by the Ministry of the Environment, the amount of industrial waste generated in Japan in 2020 will amount to 373.82 million tons*, and the amount of scrap generated per day will be nearly 1 million tons. We believe that it is our responsibility as creators, who come into contact with a variety of materials every day in our concept design work, to take the initiative in communicating to society and local communities about the recycling and use of the earth's limited resources. We have formed a team of young in-house creators and plan and manage projects as social contribution activities. By enclosing and supplementing pulverized waste materials into a transparent skin made of recycled vinyl as furniture, we will create displays to convey a message in an art-like manner and displays offices and public spaces in Japan and overseas. After being displays for a certain period of time, the materials will be returned to interiors and construction sites as interiors resources, and the project will be related to a traveling sustainability activity in which the next generation of waste materials will be enclosed, supplemented, and displays. In order to reach as many people as possible with our message, we held a launch displays in the entrance space of our office to solicit corporate sponsors, and received support from many corporate sponsors, local people, and educational institutions. By allowing everyone to see, learn about, and touch interiors waste materials that are not seen in everyday life, we hope that everyone will have an opportunity to think about a better future and a sustainable society. displays is based on an installation concept that allows you to feel the message. *Source: Ministry of the Environment “Total emissions in 2020”

In this project, ARTH Group Co., Ltd. (Tosashimizu Resort LLC), which handles lodging business and regional revitalization nationwide, will provide guests with one of the best stays in Asia at Ashizuri Pacific Hotel Hanatsubaki, a long-established inn at Cape Ashizuri, Kochi Prefecture, which has been popular for many years. The aim is to revitalize Tosashimizu City as a whole by revitalizing it as a resort facility called "TheMana Village." The facility is located in Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park, an area rich in nature. Despite the superb view, the old interiors of the hotel remained as it was, as if time had stopped since the Showa era. Initially, the plan was to set up a small cafe area, but after many meetings, ARTH's vision of wanting to liven up not only the hotel but also Kochi as a whole and Tosashimizu City expanded. It has been reborn as a complex facility that includes an Italian restaurant in a luxurious space where you can experience the nature of Ashizuri. We participated from the conception stage of the planning concept design to improve the attractiveness of the facility, and were in charge of producing the facade, lobby common area, guest rooms, and restaurant space that will be the face of the hotel. (Guest rooms and Italian restaurant are design supervision) Starting with “LOQUAT Nishiizu” (renovating an old private house into an auberge) in 2021, as a creative partner of ARTH, we will produce spaces that lead to attractive urban development and revitalization. I am working on.

This is a renovation project of the hotel "TheMana Village" located at the tip of Ashizuri Cape in Kochi Prefecture. Starting in 2020, the former Ashizuri Pacific Hotel will be reborn as a new “TheMana Village”. In the 2022 project, 5 new types of guest rooms and the Italian restaurant "Assurrissimo" in the facility have been expanded. Some of the new guest rooms are twin-type rooms with a large space of 96 square meters, equipped with a private sauna, water bath, open-air bath, and a special room with a fireplace in the room. Aiming to be one of the best resort hotels in Asia, this renovation project aims to provide a special accommodation experience. , is an ongoing project leading to the next renovation.

As vitalization business related to the redevelopment of Senri Central Park, we renovated the architecture, interiors, and landscape of the former park management office, and planned a facility to think about Senri Central Park together with local residents. Based on the concept of PLAY 1 OOORE SCENES, the three Os (Open, Ordinary, and Organic), we operate a café “SEN℃” and a mini shop “Park Lawson Senri” where you can enjoy the experience value unique to the park. , Planning cooperation, design, layout, construction, and park vitalization business project planning and operation of the community space “LABO”. As an initiative to be carried out with local residents, through the holding and management of events such as "find and create colors" and "paint the entire building", colors found in the park will be used to color the exterior walls of the lab building, creating value that can only be found here. was created.

WEAZER, developed by ARTH Co., Ltd., is an off-grid type that can be installed in places without electricity, gas, and water infrastructure to generate electricity by solar power generation, filtering and sterilizing rainwater. 's habitation module. In addition, it is characterized by the fact that it can be installed in a short construction period of only a few days because it is unitized at the factory and brought in. Equipped with such latest technology, we have realized a world where you can stay anywhere in the world without harming nature by just putting it on. Our company design supervision of this facility and was in charge of FF&E design and production work.

This is a plan to renovate an old private house in the Odoi district of Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture into a rental accommodation facility. This area used to be a quiet area where magistrates lived long ago, and we planned to offer a stay that incorporates the surrounding environment so that you can experience the slow flow of time beyond time. The main building has a kitchen, and services such as dinner by a visiting chef and the provision of alcohol from a movable bar are provided. For interiors, we used local materials, and tried to create a space using local materials, just like in the Edo period, such as a wall made of local soil and a dining table made of local cherry trees. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] In order to make the most of the old private house that is rented as a whole, we received a request for an attractive space concept design based on the characteristics of the site. [Solution] While making the most of the charm of the existing building, we incorporated a spatial composition that maximizes the view of the surroundings and a finish that utilizes local soil. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Shinya Hiratsuka, Nobuyuki Yagi [Overall supervision] Norio Koito [Planning] Saki Ninomiya [design, layout] Hiroshi Inoue -Related links- [Release] ・ NOMURA 's social good activities: Example of LOQUAT Villa SUGURO Creation of an auberge space that colors the charm of the region ・The project in which NOMURA worked on the space concept design won the silver award and many others at the “Japan Space concept design Award 2022” [Related achievements] ・LOQUAT Nishiizu