Yaskawa Electric Miraikan

[Outline of the project]

In 2015, Yaskawa Electric Corporation, which celebrated its 100th anniversary, reorganized its head office located in Kurosaki, Kitakyushu City, and opened the “Robot Village,” a community open to the local community and society. The YASKAWA Forest is open to the public, where you can enjoy the nature of the four seasons. The “Yaskawa Electric Miraikan” was born so that research institutes and local people can experience it with interest.

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.

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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