Kiuchi Construction 100 Year History Gallery

Kiuchi Construction in Shizuoka constructed a new company building as part of its 100th anniversary project. We received a request to create a gallery in the corner to displays and introduce the company's 100-year history for the purpose of recruiting and communication with clients.

By presenting a chronological table of the 100-year history from its founding to the present day and a showcase of the trajectory of challenges in construction technology, we hope that you will deepen your understanding of the history we have walked, and that Kiuchi Construction will be ready for the next 100 years. I was conscious of creating a space that can be effectively used as a communication tool to spin.

[Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests]
・It was requested that Kiuchi Kensetsu's characteristics should be well expressed and that the design be dignified.

・I want the information to be presented in a manner that is easy for recruiters and clients to understand, and for the people of cooperating companies to remember the projects they have been involved in in the past and have conversations with Kiuchi Construction employees. I received a request.

・We were asked to guarantee the renewability of the displays.

【solution】
In order to express the characteristics of a company that has its own factory and has achieved development by actively working on the concrete business, concrete was used as the core of spatial expression. The concrete that underpinned the growth is also used as displays fixtures, so you can feel the weight of history and create an impactful appearance.
The walls are pasted with graphic sheets showing the transitions of the company, which has grown from its founding to post-war reconstruction and overcoming the waves of economic booms and busts while always responding to the needs of the times and growing.
In the central showcase, we cut out the moment of challenging technology that has become a milestone in our 100-year history and show it as a diorama model. Instead of arranging the completed architecture, we made it a model of the construction scene to make it easier to understand as an illustration. In addition, by expressing the people involved in the construction work as elaborate models, the displays has a sense of realism where you can hear the sounds of the site and even the breathing and voices of Kiuchi Construction and the people of the cooperating companies. The content is designed to facilitate communication.

<Our project members>
[Sales] Ken Kumagai
[design, layout] Yoshihiro Kitamura
[Production/ construction] Kazuo Maeda