Marunouchi Street Park 2021 Winter

Marunouchi Street Park, which began in 2019, is a social experiment project to examine the future shape and utilization of Marunouchi Nakadori Street.
In winter, the spatial concept was "Amazing Winter Street," and scenes were created in three blocks spanning approximately 300 meters, where people could enjoy the illuminations and feel the warmth with all five senses.

Block 1 is themed "Wonder Dining!" and is planned to be an area full of fun, including a glass house where you can dine while enjoying the illuminations, tree hammocks, and a big chess table.
Block 2 was themed "Wonder Lounge!" and was centered around a two-story hut that served as both a general information center and a shop. It also featured a postbox with a simulated flame for customers to post purchased Christmas cards, a billiards table for fun under the illuminations, and a fire pit where customers could relax and enjoy playing street piano.
Block 3 is themed "Wonder Terrace!" and features a "Corridor of Light" covered in mirrors and an "Artists in Fire Terrace" where artists can create art around a fake fire in the fireplace.
(Event period: December 2nd to 25th, 2021)


"Illumination Tour for the Visually Impaired 2021 Winter" hosted by our company
This walking tour is based on the theme of "dialogue" and aims to provide a truly comfortable space experience for everyone.
Volunteer staff will escort visually impaired people through three blocks (total length approximately 300m) of the beautifully illuminated winter Nakadori street, and we aimed to create a program that would allow them to enjoy themselves through conversations that would warm their hearts and bodies.

During the "Marunouchi Street Park 2021 Summer" event (August-September), some visually impaired people were seen using the park, so we conducted interviews with people who have been blind since birth.The results we received included, "The places I want to go are places I've been to once and enjoyed," "When I go to a new place, I'm nervous about taking the first step," "I didn't know Marunouchi was a park," and "Because I can't see, I use my imagination to enjoy things."
Therefore, if we could kindly and carefully convey the charms of Marunouchi by "using a method of announcement that can be properly communicated to the visually impaired" and "providing guidance with reassuring support," we thought that they would want to "go back again" and fall in love with Marunouchi Nakadori even more. We also thought that this tour could be an opportunity for "everyone" to "feel, connect, and spend time with the seasons," which led to the launch of this tour.


<Our project members>
[Project Director] Suzuki Echiyo
[Sales] Shigeyuki Ishiyama, Hitomi Yamamoto
[Planning] CIC: Yusuke Saito
[Operation Management] CIC: Kaoru Ando
[concept design] Sakuma Tonoyoshi, Ozawa Kazuki, Matsubara Miwa
[Architectural Advisor] NAU: Kiwamu Okamoto
[Produced by] Yukio Marumori, Ikuya Sasaki, Yuta Yamaguchi, Ayaka Kawashima


~Related Links~
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・ “Marunouchi Street Park Illumination Tour!” Sponsored NOMURA Co.,Ltd.

[Related achievements]
・ Marunouchi Street Park 2021 Summer