Fukushima City Creative Business Salon

The Fukushima City Creative Business Salon Development Project was held in July 2021 as a public proposal competition, and was entrusted by our Tokyo head office, and the design was taken over by the Tohoku branch.
The permanent displays room of the Fukushima City Industrial Exchange Plaza on the 2nd floor of the Fukushima Station West Exit Complex Corasse Fukushima, which is close to JR Fukushima Station, has been renovated. The aim of the project is to renovate the facility so that it can be used comfortably by students and other students, with a floor area of approximately 755 square meters.

Fukushima is particularly active in photography, and a gallery has been set up on the wall of the co-working space to displays the local rich nature and seasonal scenery and seasonal stories by citizen photographers, as well as culture and art that demonstrate the rich sensibilities of the people of Fukushima. I was. The concept design concept of this salon is “Shikisai Gallery”, which combines the rich colors of the people of Fukushima with the Saijiki of Fukushima.


[Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests]
While a spacious layout based on post-COVID-19 was required, zoning and securing the number of seats in consideration of profits were also required.
As a facility that can be used comfortably by various users such as businessmen, freelancers, and university students, we have created a space that can be used comfortably by various users such as shared offices, business exchange spaces, coworking spaces, and meeting rooms. We were asked to select layouts and furniture that corresponded to usability.


【solution】
As a place of creation that creates new businesses, we have developed the entire area into two zones, taking advantage of the size of the facility.
The business exchange space is an active, bright, natural, and comfortable cafe zone, and the walls and floor of the corporate PR displays are based on white, creating an environment where you can feel the warmth of wood. It is composed of furniture that is easy to move according to the needs.
The co-working space is a calm lounge zone, with gray as the base color, and dark brown and dark wood on the niche walls, creating a sharp environment. The furniture has been configured according to the various usability of the room.
In addition, we will enhance the function of the corporate PR displays space as a connection with the local community and the formation of a community, and will also add the displays of the "Shikisai Gallery" that will be created together with the citizens of Fukushima to create a new relationship between the people who use the facility and the city. I wanted to connect.


<Our project members>
[Development] Akihiko Nishimura
[Sales/Project Management] Keisuke Yoshida
[design, layout] Takayuki Kobayashi, Kenichi Suzuki, Makio Miura
[Design Management] Kazunobu Nakamura
[Production/ construction] Johei Saito