S-PAL Koriyama

This is a project to reopen the south zone on the 1st floor of the main building of S-PAL Koriyama, which is adjacent to JR Koriyama Station. A large number of shops have opened that can coordinate your lifestyle by enhancing the mobility of daily use and responding to the various scenes of customers.
The proposed environmental design concept is [RAMBLING STATION TOWN]. Based on the theme of "an urban shopping center where you can gather at the station and spend a comfortable time, just like you enjoy strolling around the city", the whole is wrapped in a mode and gentle atmosphere. Specifically, on the façade of the facility, we placed a “rhythm line border” with indirect lighting, which is associated with Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture = a “musical capital”. Developed to wrap around the station concourse, it will create a new patio for S-PAL Koriyama with people going through the city. In the facility, we have placed a raised ceiling composed of wood and white rhythm lines with "music" as a concept design element in conjunction with the environment of Nakajima Tenant. Rhythmic guidance guides people into the depths of the facility. As an urban shopping center, S-PAL Koriyama aims to be a place that is supported by customers of all ages.


[Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests]
・Since it was being promoted at the same time as the corona disaster in the fall of 2020, the way to attract customers was questioned.
・With the earthquake disaster in the spring of 2021, safety design was strongly required.
・There was a need to upcycle the environment by using the existing lease line without changing the main flow line.


【solution】
Although the line of circulation is existing, the floor material has been renewed to a stone pavement style, and wooden materials that connect the entire facility are incorporated in some areas to create a street where you can enjoy strolling around the city. In the atrium environment, which is the axis of the facility's vertical excursion, we added a "rhythmic line gate" associated with "Rakuto" to the existing design, and renewed it as a "new center court" that will become the concept design symbol of the entire facility. We provide visitors with a natural and symbolic park environment that combines “things x events x time”. We have created a new stage for S-PAL Koriyama with the people who go to town.


<Our project members>
[Planner] Hiroko Okazaki, Yuri Watamoto
[Sales/Project Management] Hiroyuki Uesugi
[design, layout] Kenichi Suzuki, Makio Miura
[Production/ construction] Johei Saito