Sunshine City SOLARIUM

This is a new style of community lounge made possible by Sunshine City Co., Ltd. directly managing a vacant space on the 3rd floor of the Sunshine City Alpa restaurant area.
Our company was responsible for planning support, design, layout, and construction.

Designed to target workers, the space consists of a lounge area where desk work is possible and a kitchen area where different businesses operate during lunchtime, accommodating a variety of uses beyond work, including meals, relaxation, and events. It also features a café space run by the popular organic coffee shop "BYRON BAY coffee," creating a lounge space that connects people and events, attracting diverse individuals and serving as a hub for fostering new communities, without pre-defined usage.
The facility's name, "SOLARIUM," comes from the Latin word for "sundial," making it a fitting and original name for this place where various people gather and interact at different times of the day.


[Social Issues / Customer Issues / Requests]
The changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the options for where people work, which has created a need for flexible community lounges that can accommodate these changes.
This project required both spatial flexibility and opportunities for communication, proposing a co-working space with an attached kitchen, made possible by its location on the food and beverage floor, and a community lounge that could be used not only by workers but also by local residents.


[Solution]
All of our main tables are equipped with casters to accommodate a variety of situations. We also offer a variety of seating options to suit your purpose and mood, such as box-type seats for individual work, sofa areas for taking a short break, and high counters for casual conversations over coffee, so you can work or eat comfortably.
To convey that this is a place for connecting with the local community, we commissioned artist FACE, who hails from Toshima Ward and is active globally, to create artwork on the themes of "diversity" and "the city of Ikebukuro," which are boldly laid out on the glass surfaces of the space.
By positively dispelling the previous image of Sunshine City, we are expressing that it is a place that takes a step forward and embraces new values.


<Our project members>
[Sales/Project Management] Minami Hiramatsu
[design, layout] Manabu Yamanobe, Noriaki Tamura, Kan Fujimura
[Production and construction] Takashi Kodama