WOODY PARTS Factory Office

[Project Description]
A project to renovate the office area on the second floor of a precut factory in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture into a reception, library lounge, and showroom.
We aimed to create a space that fulfills the role and functions of an office while making the most of the unique atmosphere of a factory. Based on the themes of "forests where people walk together" and "wooden spaces where people can live richly", the concept is to understand the growth of trees and support wood and people to walk together.

[Customer issues/requests]
●With “tree” as the keyword, create a creative space where people can gather and interact.
●By deepening your knowledge and understanding of trees and actually touching them, you can create a mechanism that will make you feel closer to trees.
●In addition to looking at and touching trees, by holding workshops, we will also consider contact with wood education and craftsmen.
●The wooden part of a wooden house, mainly the structure, tends to be hidden by the floor, walls, and ceiling in daily life, so it is difficult to have interest in it. In such a situation, we created a mechanism that allows you to feel the material itself of the wood processed by Woody Parts, processing technology, manufacturing staff, and product quality with your five senses.

【solution】
The reception was planned so that employees and visitors could view the space with depth. The tables, lighting, and bookshelves that make up the library lounge symbolically express this.
The showroom uses mesh material for the walls so that the displays walls do not interfere with the atmosphere of the former factory space. Taking advantage of the expanse of the space, we have prepared a presentation space for BtoB and BtoC. In order to have a clear presentation, rather than an explanatory showroom, we planned a space that looks like an art gallery by visually composing handicrafts and techniques. We also focused on the ease of updating information so that it would not become obsolete over time.
In the future, in this office, we aimed to create a space where, in addition to the conventional "manufacturing" using wood, "creating things" related to "living" will be born.

【customer's voice】
●There are more topics that are not products (things), such as the scent and texture of wood.
●We have seen an increase in the number of visitors from management, designers, and planners, rather than on-site staff from housing companies, which are our existing customers.

<Our project members>
[Sales and Project Management] Takuya Kitai, Yoshinori Yamada
[design, layout Planning] Hiroaki Kozen
[Production/ construction] Kentaro Hirano

Photo: Nakasa and Partners Co., Ltd.