Nagoya City Science Museum Aichi-Nagoya Nobel Laureate Memorial Room

This facility, jointly established by Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City in the basement of the Life Science displays at the Nagoya City Science Museum (a registered museum), aims to deepen understanding of Nobel laureates associated with Aichi and Nagoya through explanations of their award-winning research, related artifacts, and interactive exhibits, as well as conveying their backgrounds, personalities, and messages to visitors. It is a hybrid space where all movable unit displays can be moved and stored, and when roll-back chairs are deployed, it becomes a hall with approximately 200 seats. Our company was responsible for the facility's basic concept and plan, as well as renovation, displays design, and displays production and installation. (Production included unit production, lighting and sound equipment, video software and hardware, models, signage graphics, etc.)

Nagoya City Science Museum, Life Science Building: SRC structure, 6 floors above ground/2 floors below ground, total floor area 6,816.13 m², displays area (5 rooms in total) approximately 2,500 u (including the memorial room on B2F approximately 300 u)

[Social Issues / Customer Issues / Requests]
① A "hybrid renovation design" that allows for quick conversion between the different functions of a hall (auditorium) and displays room.
② displays that stand apart from those at universities and research facilities, displays the personalities of the award recipients and their passion for science, and creating interactive displays of their award-winning research for use in science museums.
We received the two requests mentioned above.

[Solution]
Regarding ①: We adopted wall-mounted retractable seating (roll-back chairs), secured displays booths with self-propelled functionality and storage space, and adopted a scene dimming manager that can accommodate a variety of uses.
Regarding point ②: We created content based on real answers and information provided through direct interviews with the award winners, and thoroughly analyzed the award-winning research to extract playful elements and create an experiential game.

[Customer Feedback]
We received the following message upon the opening of the museum.
There are many Nobel Prize displays rooms throughout Japan, but this displays provides the best understanding of the awards! (Professor Hiroshi Amano)
- This Nobel Prize displays is unlike any other, incorporating a variety of unique features that allow children to learn about the laureates and their research while having fun playing. (Chief Curator, Science Museum)

<Our project members>
[Sales & Project Management] Akihiko Suganuma, Maika Ueda
[Creative Direction] Hideki Narita
[Content Production Direction] Mao Horii
[Research and Planning] Hajime Watanabe, Naoko Nakase, Mao Horii, Nozomi Fukao, Miwako Kiuchi
[concept design] Mitsuyo Ashida, Yoichi Honda
[Facility Renovation Design] Eiji Kirioka, Yoichi Kawakami
[Production and construction] Hiroshige Ota, Yoshiyuki Ando, Satoshi Iwama


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・ Nagoya City Science Museum