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This is a renovation plan for the office common area of Shinagawa Intercity, a large, high-rise complex that was developed in 1998 as the core of business and culture in the Shinagawa Konan area. The facility is long and narrow from north to south, and consists of three office towers, a commercial store tower, and a hall tower, with a complex structure like a city. Based on the concept of "a city where wind and people circulate," concept design to circulate people by utilizing various spaces in the building and to create a unified look among the multiple towers with the motif of "wind." In order to strengthen its competitiveness with the surrounding office buildings, we were conscious of a sense of luxury, and the wood-based space that leads to the comfort of the central garden that spreads out in front of you guides visitors beyond the building with the curved walls and ceiling that make you feel a gentle breeze blowing in, and the continuous vertical lines. We are also currently planning to create a new environment so that tenants can find comfortable places other than the office and use the space in a variety of ways.

This project was undertaken by Takekoma Shrine, one of Japan's three major Inari shrines, to create a lively atmosphere in the local community. Our company acted as the hub, forming a team that united the shrine, the local community, and the company. The team worked on five main areas: "development of the shrine forest," "installation of a cafe," "vitalization of the local community," "promotion," and "creating a new festival." Our company was responsible for the overall production of the project, including planning, logo concept design, design administration, landscaping concept design, construction, exterior construction, cafe opening support, cafe menu development, product development, video production, and PR. Our goal was to ensure that Takekoma Shrine would continue to be an indispensable part of the lives of the local residents and be passed on to the future in a sustainable way. ○ Contents of comprehensive production ① Extraction of customer issues ② Proposal of solutions to those issues ③ Consideration of implementation (operation) system ④ Creation of implementation (operation) system (leasing) ⑤ concept design based on opinions of the shrine and operators ⑥ Product development (food and drink menu, selection of products for sale) ⑦ Consideration of revitalization of the shrine as a whole ⑧ Creation of a promotional video for the entire shrine ⑨ Consideration of CAFÉ promotion ⑩ Opening ceremony planning ⑪ Attracting various media ⑫ Implementing PDCA after opening ⑬ Create a new festival ⑭ Global promotional video for overseas By seeking supporters from our network (mainly local companies), we were able to create a system that can operate independently.

Kurukuru is a public mobility service run by local residents that has been operating provisionally as a means of transportation in Nitto-cho and Daishi-cho, Kawachinagano City, where population decline and an aging population are accelerating after 50 years since the development of residential land. In order to operate the transportation service that supports local mobility with the initiative of local residents, we held a participatory art workshop. Together with members of the art club of a local junior high school and local residents, we held a total of 10 art workshops, "See, Learn, Create," with the aim of reaffirming social issues through art, rediscovering the charm of the town, and fostering a sense of participation in town development among local residents through co-creation.

KOCHIKAME Museum" is a sightseeing base facility for the Kameari area in Katsushika City, based on the manga "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo" (Here I come, Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo). We were in charge of the concept of the facility, displays, content planning and design, and construction. In addition, we planned and designed the circulation measures around Kameari Station, construction and promotional measures for the opening of the facility. The two teams, CIC (Content Integration Center), a team of experts in IP content*, and the public works facility team, which has expertise in local government tourism base facilities and city planning, took advantage of each other's strengths. The concept of the project was "The main character builds a facility on his own and then runs away to the town of Kameari! The architecture looks like a stack of comic book frames, with famous scenes popping up interiors and a space that exudes the worldview of the work concept design, creating a sense of existence for the main characters and creating an immersive spatial experience for visitors. Visitors experience a consistent spatial story from the entrance to the exit, as if they are chasing a hero who has escaped. This also contributes to the promotion of the shopping district and local revitalization of Katsushika Ward and the Kameari area. *This term refers to all content protected by Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). For example, games, movies, animation, manga, novels, music, characters, etc. fall under IP content.

This is an displays facility that conveys the great achievement of the electric locomotive "ED76 No. 509," which pushed through Hokkaido's heavy snowfall and brought about the flow of goods and people. The electric locomotive ED76, which was active in the early days of electrification of the national railway in Hokkaido, had to be dismantled for removal and disposal work because polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are of concern for their environmental impact, were used in the vehicle parts. As the dismantling was planned, in order to leave a valuable cultural heritage for future generations, it was decided to preserve the head part and create displays facility. Similar head displays are also held at railway museums nationwide, but this facility aims to allow visitors to experience the "strength" of the vehicle, which cannot be fully conveyed by the head alone, by reproducing the lost fuselage part at full size with outdoor-use graphic panels. The shape, color, and size of the ED76 convey to visitors the great achievement and value that the vehicle brought to Hokkaido.

The fish displays area "SeaZoo" at Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, is celebrating its 30th anniversary and will reopen on July 25, 2024. The concept of the newly completed displays "CUBE" at "SeaZoo" is "Towards an aquarium with more conversation." The aim is to create a new displays style that encourages curiosity, new discoveries, and free thinking by learning together through conversations with creatures and keepers, 20 cube-shaped aquariums, illustrations, and graphic boards.

Based on the concept of "NEXT HOME," this new office building project will be the foundation for the next generation for Yamaichi Jisho, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary since its founding. In response to the request from the company's president, Watanabe, that "we don't want a building that's just cool. We want a building that's alive," we held multiple workshops for all employees and the preparatory committee, and filled every corner of the new office with the thoughts of each employee, fostering a sense of it being "our office." Through this project, the motivation of each employee has changed, and new interactions have been created both inside and outside the company. An original "office for ourselves" has been born here, which will help Yamaichi Jisho solve the issues they expect from the company, such as communication, recruiting, and inheriting their DNA.

The pediatric department entrance on the first floor and the treatment room on the fifth floor of the Maternal and Child Medical Center at the Jikei University Hospital were renovated to create a space that would make the hospital more appealing and familiar to children and their guardians. This project was initiated by Professor Kimihiko Oishi, medical director and head of the Pediatrics Department at the Jikei University Hospital, who, based on his experience working in the medical field in the United States, felt that the current space in the hospital was new and beautiful, but was it a comfortable place for children? What about their families? And what about the staff who work there? Sega Sammy Holdings agreed with the desire of Professor Oishi and the pediatric ward staff to "enrich the lives of children in the hospital," and decided to support the Jikei University Hospital through content and Sega characters.

"Marunouchi Street Park" is a social experiment project to examine the future form and utilization of Nakadori Street in Marunouchi, Tokyo. The ninth "Marunouchi Street Park 2024 Winter" was held in 2019, and expanded from the previous three blocks of Nakadori Street to five blocks including Gyoko-dori Street, making it the largest scale event to date. Our company participated as a general planning partner and in charge of operations. The theme of this event was "Bright Street." We were in charge of the spatial design, construction, and operation that made use of the illuminations, a seasonal feature of Marunouchi in winter. We supported the planning and operation of the environmentally friendly resin skating rink, which is popular every year, the Glass House Market with its wide range of products, portrait content and street music perfect for the holiday season, and more. (Event period: November 14th to December 25th, 2024)

This was a head office relocation project for Hybrid, a company that helps IT departments resolve issues and strengthen organizational functions. Based on the company's mission of "leading the fusion of information systems (IT) and management/business," concept design concept was "fusion of ideas, structure, and materials," and the aim was to improve the working environment and corporate value by fusing an industrial motif with a modern, sophisticated space.

This was a plan to relocate the offices of AIYA, a long-established matcha manufacturer founded in 1888 and based in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture, one of Japan's leading matcha producing areas. The relocation was planned within a new BCP product warehouse building that was built on the site of the existing factory.

As part of an R&D project that we have been working on since 2022, we have launched "material record," a project with the theme of "material = earth's resources," and announced the first product, the audio device "noon by material record" (hereinafter "noon"). This product is an experiential art piece that focuses on the various sustainable materials that make up the earth, linking "sound" and "materials" and embodies the creativity of the NOMURA Group, which specializes in spatial design. For the release of "noon," we collaborated with the travel circle "MIDNIGHT PIZZA CLUB," consisting of actor Taiga Nakano, video director Ryohei Kamisde, and photographer Yusuke Abe. They were also in charge of the spatial concept design for the publication commemorative event (held from December 13th to 15th) for the book "MIDNIGHT PIZZA CLUB 1st BLAZE LANGTANG VALLEY," a travel record that was released on December 12th, 2024. They also installed "noon" and played ambient sounds created by Ryohei Kamide from sound sources he collected on his travels, along with displays of photographs of Nepal taken during the trip.

We exhibited "To Our Future - SCRAP MATERIAL UPCYCLE PROJECT - SCRAPTURE" at DESIGNART TOKYO 2023, one of Japan's largest concept design and art festivals. "SCRAPTURE" is an upcycling project that turns "SCRAP" generated from building materials and interiors materials into "FURNITURE", and reuses it as recycled materials to give back to the earth. We created furniture as practical and sustainable message art that brings interiors waste, which is usually not seen, closer to people and continues to appeal to emotions and memories. We aim to recycle it as new interiors materials and to serve as a medium to expand the circle of co-creation, and to be an opportunity to think about a better future.

Tetra Pak is a global leading company in food processing and paper container filling and packaging systems founded in Sweden in 1951. The Gotemba Technical Center is the core base for domestic technical services for the Japanese subsidiary, Tetra Pak Japan, and plays an important role in product support by demonstrating filling and packaging systems, performing quality control, and analyzing and evaluating paper containers. The facility is celebrating its 25th anniversary since moving to Gotemba in 1999. Therefore, a large-scale renovation project was carried out to renew the space into one where innovation for new product development and sustainability efforts can be experienced through displays and digital tools. concept design was handled by Pike, the overall project was overseen by Jones Lang LaSalle, and we participated in this project as the general construction company for interiors. To realize concept design that would convey Tetra Pak's high level of technical capability, the entrance lobby that welcomes guests has been designed with three core elements in concept design: a sharp shape reminiscent of folded paper, which is the root of the company's business, linear lighting that emphasizes these folds, and pure white, which expresses the pride they take in safety as a company involved with food. The showroom, where actual business negotiations take place, follows the above concepts and also incorporates a woodgrain color scheme that expresses Tetra Pak's approach to sustainability.

Takemoto Oil is a global company with a 300-year history, which operates a food business centered on "Maruhon Sesame Oil" and a chemical business based on interface chemistry. We were in charge of renovating the entrance to their head office. Our goal was to create a space where visitors (domestic and international customers, local people, and job-hunting students) could experience the company's culture and history, while also improving employee engagement and telling the company's story.