Yaskawa Electric Miraikan

[Outline of the project]

In 2015, Yaskawa Electric celebrated its 100th anniversary and reorganized Head Office headquarters in Kurosaki, Kitakyushu, to open the "Robot Village," a community open to the local community and society. The "YASKAWA Forest," where visitors can enjoy nature throughout the seasons, was opened to the public, and at its center was the "Yaskawa Electric Future Center," where customers, schools, research institutes, and local residents can experience Yaskawa Electric's business, the fun, amazingness, and precision of manufacturing, and the latest robot technology.

Therefore, we were in charge of creating the space and content for this facility, which would bring out the appeal of Yaskawa Electric. We designed the facility to integrate all the elements that decorate the space, such as mechatronics, video content, and lighting, so that all visitors could experience and feel Yaskawa Electric's business and technology in an easy-to-understand way, as well as experience the world-class Japanese "manufacturing" and the future of Yaskawa Electric, which leads it, in a space full of surprises and discoveries where cutting-edge technology and emotional sensibility concept design. In particular, the "Robotics Signage," which utilizes the control technology that coordinates with the dynamic movements of Yaskawa Electric's representative industrial robots, and the "Mechatronics Wall," which combines the 3D control of the industry's highest performance motor with the latest projection mapping images, are one-of-a-kind spatial production devices that stimulate all the five senses of the viewer, and we helped to infinitely expand the possibilities and appeal of "manufacturing."

Furthermore, for this facility, we assisted with the creation of a comprehensive range of facilities, from the basic concept of creating the space and its appeal to concept design, planning, content planning and production, and construction.

<Credit>
Overall concept design: Tamura Hiroyu, Ando Yosuke
Planning and production: Kenji Ogino, Naomi Kajimura
Content direction: Kenji Suzuki, Akinori Goto, Hiromasa Hosoya
Product direction: Jiro Kusunoki, Masanori Yotsuya
Photography: Masato Kono, Nakasa & Partners
*At the time of the project