Yamba Lake Station Maruiwa

This project is one of the projects for the residents of the submerged areas to rebuild their lives and find purpose in life as the Yanba Dam is constructed. For about 6 years, we have been in charge of basic planning, schematic design, working drawings, interior administration, and consulting services to support local operating companies in the "regional development facilities" in the "Kawarayu area" and "Yokobe area". bottom.
At the Yokokabe Regional Development Facility, we not only provide facility planning, but also planning including support for the establishment of a management body to be established in the area, attracting new companies, consulting for restaurants operated by residents, menu development, and supervision of operations such as opening equipment.・Produced.
The facility concept design is based on the concept of "passing on and developing the memory of the town", and the former Naganohara Town Hall*, which was scheduled to be demolished after more than 90 years since its construction, has been reproduced as a symbol of the district. By creating opportunities to see the history of the town for the children who will be responsible for the district in the future, as well as for the tourists who visit, we designed it so that the new businesses run here will lead to the revitalization, reconstruction, and development of the district.

*The old government building, built in 1929, is a two-story wooden structure with a hipped roof. It was said to be the only wooden government building.

[Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests]
[Business aspect] With the construction of Yamba Dam, it was required to establish a new business that had no experience in this area as a facility for the residents of the submerged area to rebuild their lives and find purpose in life. . In addition, it was requested that the facility be differentiated from facilities planned in other districts and similar facilities, and to have the ability to attract customers and originality.

[concept design aspect] Make use of the old government building filled with memories of people in some way, consider visibility from the national highway with heavy traffic from the viewpoint of attracting customers, and plan to attract passers-by. It was requested that the plan should be able to take advantage of the panoramic view of the lake with a distant view of the Tsuba Dam in front of it.

【solution】
[Business aspect] What we emphasized in order to realize the request was, firstly, to make proposals for the feasibility of business ideas by local residents, and secondly, to establish a relationship between the Yokokabe district and the Kawarayu district. The third is to strongly support the establishment of a local management parent company to differentiate the district regional promotion facilities.
In this project, we aimed to "open a restaurant" that everyone in the district had no experience with, and promoted it in a way that was close to the characteristics of the region and the business.
In particular, we had repeated dialogues about ``searching for characteristics of the Yokokabe district'' and ``utilization of local recipes,'' and worked together to develop menus and promote plans that are closely related to the region.
We invited a professional chef for the trial production and tasting event, and supported the local revitalization by raising the awareness of the people in the area, improving the cooking technique, and strengthening the self-reliance.

[concept design aspect] As a result of a survey of the existing government building when converting the function from the government building to the lake station, we chose to reproduce it with a modern update while giving consideration to the nostalgia of the former town hall government building. bottom. The retro and distinctive design of the old government building has been recreated and visually appealing. In addition, by creating an open opening facing the Yanba Dam, it has become a place with a top-class view among the facilities around the dam lake.
In order to maintain the flavor of the old government building while building in accordance with the current regulations, the structural design was also carefully considered.

<Our project members> 
[Sales and Project Management] Satoshi Arai, Hitomi Yamamoto
[Planning/Consulting] Kenichi Sakazume, Yuki Shimokuni
[design, layout] NAU: Sakae Kirioka, Nana Osano