Matsushita IMP Building commercial area renewal

This project renovated the commercial area of the Panasonic IMP Building, an office building in Osaka Business Park. As a previously planned station still remains underground in this building, we used the station as concept design motif in the hope that it will become a hub where people gather, just as planned.

The round columns that stretch across the entire facility's multiple floors are finished with a strong mortar-like finish and metal framing, creating the base for a colonnaded space reminiscent of a station. In the atrium on the west side, this framing forms a continuous arch shape like the station's arcade, and by echoing the existing rounded ceiling, it creates a sense of unity with the atrium.
By incorporating the black/gold/verdigris colors and stone wall/plum shapes of the building and the adjacent Osaka Castle into the FF&E and fixtures, we created an affinity with the memories that have been passed down on this land for 400 years.
Additionally, as many companies are creating environments where people can work outside the office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we explored how a commercial office building could fit in with new work styles by providing workspace in the common areas of the commercial area.

Furniture that can meet a wide range of needs, from meetings to individual work, has been placed throughout the commercial area. Each piece of furniture has been designed with various ingenious features, such as sofas with L-shaped expandable tops, high-back chairs that limit visibility and improve concentration, and counter chairs with coat hangers.
We took comfort into consideration by arranging plants as partitions, and the space can be used primarily as a workplace on weekdays and as a rest area for tourists on weekends.

We aimed to create an open workplace where a diverse range of people could gather, including not only office workers in the IMP Building, but also people working within Osaka Business Park and even visitors to the area, and where new ways of working and new communication could be born.