Works#Renewal/Renovation

This project involved the renovation of Daiko Electric Co., Ltd.'s Head Office office (5th and 6th floors). For this Head Office office function refresh in approximately 20 years, our Tokyo and Osaka team members collaborated to clarify the current situation and challenges through interviews, site visits, and workshops regarding management strategy, future work styles, and corporate culture, thereby defining the ideal workplace. We also collaborated with Daiko Electric's lighting design team, TACT, to develop a space centered on lighting proposals. Our aim was to create a space where each employee can engage with "light," experience its value, and discuss it.

Nagano Children's Center "Naganobi!" is an indoor play facility created by completely renovating the former Nagano City Children's Science Center. Based on the concept of "nurturing children's life skills × an indoor park where everyone can feel comfortable and relaxed," it features nature, animals, and science as themes, and uses organic shapes reminiscent of forests and space, along with a highly circulating spatial configuration, to create an environment where children aged 0-12 can learn actively while playing with their whole bodies. The playground is themed around the nature of Nagano and features the "Forest Exploration Plaza," which encourages diverse physical activities such as swaying, spinning, climbing, grasping, and crawling to foster sensory integration (*), and the "Space Athletics," where children can play using their whole bodies in a light-based space. Furthermore, there is the "Science and Creativity Plaza," which consists of science shows, crafts, hands-on experiences of scientific principles, and digital experiences, as well as a large ball coaster themed around apple trees that allows children to enjoy sounds and movements, and a wood education plaza where children can feel the warmth of wood, offering a variety of play and learning experiences. It has been reborn as an "indoor park" where children can play to their hearts' content and the whole family can enjoy a comfortable time together. *Sensory integration: The function of appropriately classifying, organizing, and integrating multiple sensations that enter the body through various sensory organs.

This is a project by "%ARABICA" that has relocated and reopened in Plaza Indonesia, a shopping mall in the heart of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Jakarta is dotted with circular plazas, and among them, "Bundaran HI," located in front of Plaza Indonesia, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the city. As the new store is located in the center of the mall's basement floor, it adopts a striking circular layout inspired by the plazas represented by Bundaran HI. The open configuration, which does not obstruct the view, welcomes visitors from all directions. Furthermore, the entire space is covered with white and terracotta Chemex-type handmade tiles, inspired by the white walls and orange tiled roofs of the colonial style that remains strong in Indonesia, creating an impressive space that stands out in the center of the floor.

This project involved the relocation of the first store (Minamimachi-dori store) of the popular patisserie "kazunori ikeda individuel" located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Our company was in charge of spatial design, layout, and construction. Based on the concept of "Forest Ēcrin (Jewel Box)," we expressed the relationship between the sweets, which combine traditional French techniques and unique creativity by owner-chef Kazunori Ikeda, and interiors concept design by likening them to jewelry and a jewel box. We incorporated Ikeda's commitment to authenticity and playfulness into the space, creating a composition that gives a sense of three-dimensionality and depth, while also creating a space that elegantly and impressively showcases the products.

Since its opening in 2001, the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel has been a landmark in Shibuya. The Sky Banquet Hall on the 39th floor was named "Lunard" (Moon), "Soleil" (Sun), and "Celeste" (Sky) in reference to the sky, reflecting the desire to be a hub for international exchange that connects Japan and the world globally, just as people around the world share the sky. This renovation has resulted in concept design that more fully embodies the original concept of the sun, moon, and sky, corresponding to the names of each banquet hall. Beginning with the renovation of two banquet halls, the design has been expanded to include bar counters and curio cases in the foyer and corridors, creating a unified space that tells a story from the common areas. This adds elements of unity and elegance to the overall floor concept design. Furthermore, the space has been updated to accommodate the needs of MICE, corporate events, and weddings by allowing the combined use of the floor by connecting the banquet rooms. Between the 39th and 40th floors, a three-dimensional wall surface is formed that gradually transitions from cerulean blue to a translucent white, creating a deeper connection between the upper and lower floors.

The "Kukai Room" is a permanent displays room showcasing the life and work of Kobo Daishi Kukai. This time, while retaining the existing graphic content, concept design has been refreshed, and a map showing Kukai's journey has been added to make displays more accessible. In addition, new signs have been installed at the entrance to make the route through displays room easier to understand and to help visitors comprehend displays. Furthermore, in the central area of displays room, a projection of five words written by Kukai has been added, superimposed onto a statue of Kukai, creating an experience as if the historical figure Kukai were standing right there. The characters used in this projection were recreated using AI that has learned from Kukai's own handwriting, with the cooperation of the Faculty of Creative Engineering at Kagawa University. By integrating visual information and spatial design, displays environment has been renewed to achieve both academic excellence and immersion.

Tower Records Shibuya store has undergone renovations on its 1st, 4th, and 5th floors with the aim of evolving into a store that encourages customers to linger and experience new things. In parallel with the renovations, a new type of standing-style beer bar, "TOWER RECORDS BEER," has opened on the 6th floor, which is the analog record floor.

As part of a renovation project for Kanatsu Giken Kogyo, a general construction company in Shimane Prefecture, we created an unprecedented office space that harmonizes nature and technology.

The Showa-kan is a national facility that preserves the memories of the war experienced by the Japanese people during the Showa era, and collects, displays, and exhibits historical materials and information related to the lives of the people of that time, passing on their struggles to future generations. It features displays themed on "The lives of the Japanese people throughout the pre-war, wartime, and post-war periods." This project is a renewal of the epilogue, "Life in the Showa Era - A 1950s Experience Area," which has been developed in stages since the basic plan was established in 2023. This era, from post-war displays to the period of high economic growth, is filled with bright and exciting attractions, along with the nostalgia of Showa retro. displays space consists of a recreated house and an alleyway, designed to resemble an "electronics store" in a shopping district. The electronics store is lavishly lined with the "three sacred treasures" of various companies, which were the most coveted home appliances of the time. Numerous posters pasted on the wooden fence offer a glimpse into the social conditions and culture of the time. The alley leads to the backyard and veranda of an electrician's shop, where you can experience water-related chores from before the age of electricity through hand pump and hand-cranked washing machine simulations. The kamishibai storyteller in the square is performing the very popular "Golden Bat." When you hold up your smartphone to the silhouette panels of the electrician's family (father, mother, and child), they will tell you about their lives from the 1950s.

Opened in 1979, the Toyama City Science Museum explores the diverse natural environment of Toyama from a scientific perspective. In March 2026, the first-floor geology displays room, "Toyama: A Journey Through Time," and the lobby displays were renovated and reopened. This renovation was the first medium-scale renovation in approximately 20 years since the full-scale renovation that our company was in charge of in 2007. The main geology displays room introduces the formation of Toyama's land and the history of life through numerous rock and fossil specimens. While retaining the appeal of the existing displays, new sections were added, including "Toyama's Land Masterpieces," "Toyama Field Map," "3.5 Billion Years of Life History," and the complete skeleton of the Ankylosaurus dinosaur, "Gastonia burgei." displays displays intuitively convey the charm of Toyama's land and nature, connect life, the land, and nature, and deepen displays through video and digital technology.

NANKAI reconstructed the common meeting room area of Parks Tower, an office building adjacent to Namba Parks in Osaka, as the "PARKS PATIO" lounge for employees. The space is designed as a "special backyard for workers" in response to the lush greenery of Parks Garden, the symbol of Namba Parks. As a place that workers use on a daily basis, we have created an environment that accommodates not only meetings and work, but also various ways of spending time, such as taking a break or changing one's mind. Through a worker-participatory production process, artwork using plants in the garden, and sound effects that incorporate the environmental sounds of the rail line, we aim to enhance the overall value of the office building and the worker experience, while incorporating a space for physical and mental conditioning within the convenience of the city. We were in charge of planning design, layout and production construction.

The Tochigi Children's Science Museum, having been in operation for over 35 years since its opening in 1988, underwent renovations to address the aging of its buildings and displays. This included extending the lifespan of the building and updating planetarium equipment and displays. Our company handled the entire process, from schematic design and working drawings of the large-scale renovation, including displays, interiors, and outdoor playground equipment, to the construction displays Based on an interactive approach, 156 displays and playground equipment incorporating new technologies such as AI and AR were created through a combination of newly manufactured and reused items. displays that have been beloved by the people of Tochigi for many years were also cleaned and refurbished for continued use. Furthermore, collaborative displays themed on the prefecture's natural environment and industries, a large symbolic displays, and a lounge were added, highlighting the museum's unique character as a science museum that reflects Tochigi's identity. This also aimed to reduce renovation costs, improve maintenance efficiency, and create a new science experience space that balances safety and functionality.

This project involved the renovation of the common areas of the office spaces in the Shinagawa Grand Central Tower, located at the Konan Exit of Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. Our company was responsible for everything from the design to construction of interiors and signage, and we have been progressively renovating a total of 18 floors since 2019. The objective of this project was to enhance the value of the building by refreshing the common areas of the office spaces and thereby attract tenants. To achieve this, we incorporated materials that combine hardness and softness in a balanced way, and set concept design concept as a "semi-private space that connects private life and work." The richly textured interiors finishes have created an office environment that is comfortable for tenants and attractive to companies, contributing to the enhancement of the building's value.

This project was a renewal of the food and beverage zone (basement 1 and 2 floors) of the Meiji Yasuda Life Building in Tokyo, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary since its completion. On the 2nd basement floor, the newly opened "Marunouchi Food Hall" is made up of six stores offering a wide variety of food and drinks. In addition to breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the hall also offers cafe and takeout options to suit the needs of each visitor. Our company was responsible for research, merchandising planning, leasing, furniture and fixture manufacturing, environmental design and construction, and operational planning.

This is a renovation project for the 24th floor of Okamura's head-washed office "We Labo", which handles office furniture and store fixtures. For the complete renovation of the first floor, under the design of Okamura's creative team, we were in charge of the construction of the interiors construction work.