Works#Award Winning

In November 2023, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) opened two new permanent displays themed around "robots": "Hello! Robot" and "Nanairo Quest - A Story of the Future Living with Robots." "Hello! Robot" is displays where visitors can imagine living with diverse robots in the future and discover new possibilities through interactions with robots and introductions to the latest robotics research. "Nanairo Quest" is an exhibition where visitors explore displays space using a dedicated tablet to solve problems that occur in "Nanairo City," a future city where humans and robots live together. Through conversations with residents and information about robots active in the city, visitors can learn about various displays in which humans and robots interact and gain new insights. Our company was in charge of schematic design, working drawings, and construction. We also handled the design and construction of "Nobel Q," which was renovated in September 2023.

Located in the Maihama-Shin-Urayasu area of Chiba Prefecture, "1955 Tokyo Bay by Hoshino Resorts" is a 638-room hotel concept design with the concept of "OLDIES GOODIES," inspired by the American worldview of around 1955. It offers convenient and comfortable hotel services for theme park trips, including restaurants where guests can enjoy freshly prepared meals late at night or early in the morning, a 24-hour public space called "2nd Room," and rooms and amenities that are safe and comfortable even with children. The hotel also offers a variety of room types, with interiors featuring concept design and colors reminiscent of America at the time, creating a space that can be used by families, couples, friends, and groups of all ages and for diverse occasions. Our company has been involved in the creation of spaces for many of the brands handled by Hoshino Resorts, such as "Hoshinoya," "Kai," and "OMO," and participated in this facility from the conceptual stage. We were comprehensively in charge of everything from formulating the spatial concept that forms the core of the branding, to art direction, design, layout, and construction.

Orque d'Or Salon AOYAMA is a members-only salon for the wealthy run by Tokai Tokyo Financial Group. Planned in Aoyama as the third location following Nagoya in 2016 and Nihonbashi, Tokyo in 2019, the facility has been created with the concept of a new "social space that stimulates the curiosity of adults" that connects "wealthy" members with "start-up entrepreneurs". Aiming to create a salon that welcomes more customers with multifaceted and memorable surprises, we have created a one-of-a-kind atmosphere where you can enjoy spatiality, art, sustainability, and craftsmanship.

As part of vitalization business for the redevelopment of Senri Chuo Park, we renovated the architecture, interiors, and landscape of the former park management office and planned a facility that would be created in collaboration with local residents, reflecting their vision for Senri Chuo Park. Based on the "three O's" (Open, Ordinary, Organic) of the PLAY 100ORE SCENES concept, our company collaborated on the planning, design, layout, construction, and park vitalization business planning and operation for "SEN℃," a cafe where visitors can enjoy the unique experiences of the park; "Park Lawson Senri Store," a mini-shop; and "LABO," a community space. As part of our collaborative efforts with local residents, we held and managed events such as "Find Colors, Create Colors" and "Paint the Entire Building," using colors found within the park to decorate the exterior walls of the LABO building, creating unique value that can only be found here.

With the aim of creating an opportunity to think about a society that lives sustainably in harmony with nature, Mitsui Fudosan and Discover Japan co-hosted an event at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya to learn about and deepen understanding of "wood." This real-world event was themed around "Living with Wood," a special feature in the August 2023 issue of the magazine "Discover Japan." The first-floor atrium was designated as the introduction area, symbolizing the event. For displays of wood carvings, our company aimed to create a space that envelops the wood carvings, based on the concept of "how to interact with wood" as an experience that engages all five senses, surrounded by the scent, sound, and light of wood. Our company was in charge of design, layout, and construction of this space. In addition, a panel exhibition in the underground passage of Tokyo Midtown Hibiya introduced our R&D activity, "Hand-concept design," and displays actual prototypes.

This project involved the renovation of the Morioka City Library, including seismic retrofitting. After being closed for approximately two and a half years, it reopened on April 2, 2024. The library's concept is "A library where knowledge circulates and people and the city grow freely." Like the ecosystem of Takamatsu Pond that spreads out before it, the library aims to be a place where Morioka's knowledge and people naturally gather, connect, and circulate back into the community. Our company was responsible for the planning, design, production, and construction of the facility's interior space, as well as the visual identity, including the logo.

Tokyu Plaza Harajuku "Harakado" is a new commercial facility that inherits and further develops the culture of the former "Harajuku Central Apartments." Located at the southwest corner of the Jingumae intersection where Omotesando and Meiji-dori intersect, it stands shoulder to shoulder with Laforet Harajuku across the street and Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku "Omokado" diagonally across from it, aiming to become a new landmark in the Harajuku/Omotesando area and a hub for cultural dissemination. Our company was responsible for the basic plan of the entire facility environment, design, layout of each section, the concept and planning of some of the facility's merchandising, tenant leasing for the food and beverage floor, and the design and construction of some of the restaurants.

For the purpose of promoting Obayashi-gumi's efforts at the 2025 Japan World Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo), we set up a visitor room in the Expo site office and planned a facility where Obayashi-gumi's stakeholders and guests of the Exposition Association will be attended. The displays structure is centered on a circular theater that evokes the image of the large roof ring of the Expo, and the surrounding area displays an overview of the Expo and explanations and mockups of the pavilion construction by Obayashi Gumi. displays The fixtures are made of wooden single pipes, and the graphics output by the plotter are displayed using clamps, expressing the "sense of the scene" that takes advantage of the background of the field office and the "sense of presence" that the Expo is being created in real time at this place, and the plan is to be updated so that the "now" of the site can be displays. In addition, we displays materials that reuse CLT panels used in the demonstration experiment of the large roof ring, graphics with the motif of drawing frames, and the latest construction photos, aiming for a displays concept design space that will grow with the site until the Expo is held.

For JR Nagoya Takashimaya's June 2023 store-wide promotion, "LIFE + DESIGN ~A Creative Life, Discovered and Expanded~," our company was in charge of the logo, visuals, interiors concept design, and sales promotion planning (including participation in a creators' talk show), and we produced the entire store.

T-LOGI Fukuoka Island City is located on Fukuoka City's only artificial island, surrounded by the sea and a container terminal. This facility is the largest logistics warehouse in Kyushu, with a total floor area of approximately 45,000 tsubo (approximately 135,000 square meters), and was jointly developed by Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd., Tokyu Land Corporation, Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd., and Marubeni Corporation. Our company participated from the planning of concept design concept and basic concept, and was in charge of the design and construction of the employee break room and approach, as well as the design of the facility's common areas.

This is a renovation project for Seibu Railway's Toshimaen Station and Ikebukuro Station, coinciding with the opening of "Studio Tour Tokyo (Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter)," built on the former site of "Toshimaen" amusement park. ■Toshimaen Station Based on the concept of "a station where imagination blends into everyday life," the station building features a simple concept design that evokes a gate connecting the ordinary and the extraordinary, with added elements that allow you to feel the world of magic. The pillars on the platform, station name signs, and vending machines have been renovated with a design based on red, reminiscent of "Hogsmeade Station" leading to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In addition, the see-through LED images on the glass surface at the top of the facade change according to the time of day and season, creating a magical effect that gives a sense of floating. Furthermore, as a legacy of "Toshimaen," which closed in August 2020, model trains, telephone booth sculptures, benches, and sculptures made from trees grown within Toshimaen have been remade to fit a new concept and put displays, making the station a beloved landmark for the local community. ■Ikebukuro Station Inspired by "King's Cross Station" in London, England, the walls of platforms 1 and 2, where trains to Toshimaen mainly depart and arrive, have been remodeled in a brick pattern, and the station signs have also been renovated with a navy base. Based on the concept of "a path leading to a fantasy world," illustrations of wizards and owls have been placed throughout, creating a magical atmosphere and making the station a gateway to a magical world.

Art monuments depicting players were installed in the outdoor plaza of the Okinawa Arena, the venue for the "B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME WEEKEND 2024 IN OKINAWA". By depicting the players with life-size lines, visitors can experience the players' height, speed, jumping ability, and other physical capabilities. concept design expresses the world of the B.LEAGUE purpose, "Let your heart burn," and, under the concept of "PARK," is intended to inspire communication between visitors and multiple venues.

NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Ltd. exhibited a booth at "SC Business Fair 2024," the industry's largest event bringing together shopping center stakeholders. Held at Pacifico Yokohama displays Hall for three days from January 24th to 26th, 2024, Nomura Co., Ltd. not only exhibited a booth but also held a free seminar on the first day of the event. The theme of this year's booth was "Sustainable concept design as Envisioned by NOMURA Co.,Ltd." As part of our social good R&D activities, we are developing a "Sustainable concept design Manners Book" that realizes aesthetic appeal, functionality, and environmental friendliness, and the booth was designed in accordance with the basic principles of the Manners Book. While sustainability initiatives are diversifying, we are also continuing to take on various challenges, such as developing upcycled materials. However, this time, we returned to basic materials that are indispensable for constructing spaces and that we will continue to be deeply involved with in the future, and focused on understanding the characteristics of each material. As basic materials, we used wood, cement, acrylic, copper, and iron, arranging the timbers of each material in a grid pattern while creating undulations in the space, allowing visitors to move around the booth and enjoy conversations. The proportion of each material used was calculated based on the embodied carbon emissions throughout the building's lifecycle, and we made efforts to allow visitors to visually perceive the characteristics of each material. Furthermore, by using clamps (*) instead of screws or adhesives for joining, the materials can be reused, and the amount of waste generated during demolition is drastically reduced, symbolically representing the fundamental concept of contributing to the environment. Our aim was concept design a booth where visitors could think together about future approaches to sustainable concept design, and where they could gain new insights and discoveries while demonstrating responsibility and gratitude for materials. *We are using the dedicated clamps from the "Tsunagi" project, planned and produced by Nikken Sekkei.

The main building is a historical entertainment facility with the theme of Maebashi's "crisis and people's power." Maebashi was called the "flower of Kanto" during the Edo period and flourished as a castle town, and continued to develop as the prefectural capital of Gunma Prefecture after the Meiji period. During that time, however, our ancestors overcame four crises with the "people's power" and achieved reconstruction: the collapse of Maebashi Castle due to erosion of the Tone River, the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures due to the Meiji Restoration, the suspension of operations in the silk industry, which was the city's main industry, due to the Great Depression, and the burning of 80% of the city area in air raids during World War II. The main building calls Maebashi, which developed as the "flower of Kanto" and the "prefectural capital," "the Flower Capital," and was opened with the hope that it would be an opportunity for citizens to trace the history of their hometown and think about Maebashi's future.

This project involved design, layout of the first Philippine location (Manila) for "%ARABICA," a coffee shop brand originating in Kyoto that operates cafes worldwide. Because they have cafes all over the world, it was necessary to incorporate local elements and culture into the space to create a unique store. For this store, we created a futuristic space that reflects the future of Manila, a rapidly developing Asian country experiencing economic growth. To guide customers to the back of the store, a three-dimensional curved mirrored counter was placed to match the gently curving, elongated shape of the site. The same material was used on the floor and walls, reflecting the entire space and creating a futuristic, spaceship-like composition that echoes the shape of the counter, suggesting Manila's near future.