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Sapporo Flower Carpet 2024 is a citizen-participation art event in which participants create large flower paintings using Hokkaido petals and natural materials, with the main venue being the Hokkaido Prefectural Government Red Brick Building and Sapporo Kita 3-jo Square. The aim is to promote the beautiful "flower scenery" of Hokkaido and Sapporo, and to promote the floriculture industry. The event began in 2014 and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, with a total of approximately 3,800 volunteers involved in the production and a total of approximately 640,000 visitors. In 2024, the event will be held from June 28th (Friday) to 30th (Sunday). Fujie Suzuki, a Sapporo native and art director at NOMURA IVD, was invited to design the anniversary carpet (main carpet) commemorating the 10th anniversary of the event. NOMURA IVD was also in charge of the key visuals for this event. The theme of the anniversary carpet is "Weaving, towards the future." The carpet is the largest to date, at 225m², and was concept design and created by Suzuki himself, the first Japanese concept design the Brussels Flower Carpet 2016, which was highly praised both at home and abroad. NOMURA has been providing special support by concept design the anniversary carpet and key visuals, and providing PR and volunteer support. The Sapporo Flower Carpet has been held since 2014. It is run by a public-private partnership between the government (Hokkaido and Sapporo City) and private companies. It is working to develop human resources who will increase the value of the region, run by a diverse group of citizen volunteers, from young children to people working in the neighborhood and foreign residents, and promote understanding of the floriculture industry in Hokkaido for the next generation through collaboration with elementary and high schools.

The hotel is directly connected to Kitahiroshima Station on the JR Chitose Line, the closest station to Hokkaido Ballpark F Village. The first to third floors are commercial facilities, and the fourth to thirteenth floors are the hotel with a total of 158 guest rooms. We were mainly in charge of concept design and construction of the hotel lobby and the guest room floor on the 11th floor, which has a Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters theme. The lobby space is sprinkled with baseball-themed elements, and the ceiling features an image of the Fighters' home stadium, S.Con Field HOKKAIDO, and the Fighters colors are used to create an exciting space. The Fighters floor has a corridor as a gallery space, where autographed uniforms and photos of players are displays, and the guest rooms are chicly coordinated in black to evoke the image of S.Con Field, and you can see the stadium from the windows.

Air Water Hokkaido's new facility, "Air Water Forest," is an open innovation facility that tackles social issues to "achieve a sustainable society" and "achieve a safe, secure, and prosperous lifestyle." Restaurant and cafe "Eureka" was created within this facility as a place to disseminate and share "agriculture and food," one of the Air Water Group's initiatives. The space was developed in collaboration with the architectural concept design so that the concept of the facility, "sustainable and prosperous lifestyle," could be felt in the restaurant. Like the restaurant's name "Eureka" (which means "I found it! I understand it!" in ancient Greek), concept design allows customers to discover the rich land of Hokkaido and the natural deliciousness of the ingredients that grow there.

The Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, built in 1888, is known affectionately as the "Red Brick Office" and is an important cultural property that represents Hokkaido. It will be temporarily closed from 2019 for seismic reinforcement and preservation renovation work. During the closure, we planned a temporary observation facility with the theme "Only here and now" that can only be viewed during the renovation work.

This is an displays facility that conveys the great achievement of the electric locomotive "ED76 No. 509," which pushed through Hokkaido's heavy snowfall and brought about the flow of goods and people. The electric locomotive ED76, which was active in the early days of electrification of the national railway in Hokkaido, had to be dismantled for removal and disposal work because polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are of concern for their environmental impact, were used in the vehicle parts. As the dismantling was planned, in order to leave a valuable cultural heritage for future generations, it was decided to preserve the head part and create displays facility. Similar head displays are also held at railway museums nationwide, but this facility aims to allow visitors to experience the "strength" of the vehicle, which cannot be fully conveyed by the head alone, by reproducing the lost fuselage part at full size with outdoor-use graphic panels. The shape, color, and size of the ED76 convey to visitors the great achievement and value that the vehicle brought to Hokkaido.

In order to pass on the spirit and culture of the indigenous Ainu people to the next generation, Shiranuka Town is promoting town development based on the idea of "Ior (traditional living space)" and has recently opened the Shiranuka Ainu Museum "Pokor" to introduce the Ainu culture passed down in the town. The name of the facility, "Pokor", reflects the desire of the Ainu people of Shiranuka to "cherish the place where they were born and raised", and this desire is expressed through elaborate dioramas that depict Ainu life, realistic reproductions of every nook and cranny of the cise (Ainu dwelling), traditional crafts and beautiful costumes, and the soundscape of "Ior (traditional living space)" that envelops the entire museum. This facility allows you to experience the rich Ainu life that is vividly depicted with your five senses and deepen your understanding by experiencing the Ainu culture that has lived in the harsh yet majestic nature.

This is a museum that conveys the history of transportation in Sapporo. We aimed to create a facility where visitors can "learn, experience, and enjoy" the history of Sapporo's transportation, which has changed in various ways in line with social changes, from horse-drawn railways, trams, buses, and subways. We designed and constructed a memorable experience for visitors through displays and information design that stimulate various senses, such as displays that focus on riding on the wooden No. 22 tram, which has been active in Sapporo since the Taisho era, displays that allow visitors to observe real materials, displays that allow visitors to listen to the sounds of Sapporo's displays, displays that allow visitors to operate a subway model, and concept design that allow visitors to become employees. We construction a promotion system with our Hokkaido branch office and a head office planner who specializes in museums, and were able to balance swift business promotion with customers by taking advantage of the geographical advantage, with the design of information explanations and experiences appropriate for a public transportation museum.

We want people to enjoy the process of building a house by "seeing, touching," "talking," and "experiencing" it, just like building a piece of work. We were in charge of design, layout, production, and interiors construction of the experiential housing showroom that was born from that idea. The four-story "AI-STUDIO-SAPPORO" built in Sapporo, Hokkaido, has an attractive and highly functional plan that takes advantage of the multi-story structure, and the actual displays of the split-level floor that makes use of the high ceiling expresses the richness of the space by showing four scenes in succession. The material corner provides hints for building a house and expresses the uniqueness and ingenuity of Ai Construction's spatial proposals, making it a showroom where customers can build their homes with a fun and positive feeling.

Tower Eleven Baseball, a new facility in ESCON FIELD HOKKAIDO, is the first baseball amusement area in Japan where you can not only experience baseball activity games in the stadium, but also taste delicious gourmet food that is essential for watching baseball and see baseball-related displays. It is open even on non-game days, so you can enjoy it anytime without making a reservation. Our company was in charge of research, planning and basic concept, design, layout, interiors and displays production construction, environmental features, and sign and graphic concept design. Batting, pitching, and toss batting are various baseball games that make full use of the latest virtual reality technology. There are four difficulty levels for batting, which can be played by elementary school students and above, and it can be enjoyed by beginners and experienced players alike. The pitching speed is also displayed when you throw into the zone indicated by the catcher. Toss batting is a game where you can hit a ball thrown from below, making it a casual game to play.

Kubota, whose mission is to solve social issues in the business areas of food, water, and the environment, has opened an agricultural learning facility in Hokkaido Ballpark where people can learn about the appeal and possibilities of "food and agriculture" in a fun and delicious way. This facility targets children as its main target audience, and is based on the concept of a place where everyone can learn and think together for the future. It has created an experiential story about three important keys to solving the problems facing food and agriculture. In particular, the "AGRI QUEST" course, aimed at children and students in the fourth grade of elementary school and above, allows participants to become one of the agricultural managers and work in a team to learn about the fun and diversity of agricultural management, and in the "TECH LAB" they can experience the importance of agritech by experiencing cutting-edge smart agriculture and plant factories. There is also a cafe on the premises that serves menus using carefully selected ingredients. Our group not only planned, designed, produced, and constructed construction, but also provided a wide range of solutions such as facility management, cafe management, and event decoration.

This is a haunted house project at Rusutsu Resort, which has one of the largest amusement parks in Hokkaido. Our company's "House of the Dead" has been loved nationwide for many years since its creation in 2004, and we also produced the sequel, "Mirror of the Dead," from planning to construction. In addition to the maze-like space, realistic modeling, sound, and mechanical gimmicks, the 3D hologram signage images create a powerful and immersive feeling. Furthermore, we have introduced a multi-ending system where visitors can choose the ending themselves, making this a horror attraction with unprecedented fear, surprise, power, and immersion. We are taking advantage of the knowledge of haunted houses that we have cultivated over our long history and introducing the latest production technology to a walk-through type haunted house to expand the real experience.

This is a relocation project for Sony Store Sapporo. Five years have passed since we first opened in Sapporo in 2017, and we have moved to the third floor of the complex "moyuk SAPPORO" in the center of Sapporo, and will have a grand opening on Thursday, July 20, 2023. did. We continue to evolve daily with new initiatives such as the "Video Experience Corner".

This is the third phase of the renovation of the tour facility at Nikka Whisky's Yoichi Distillery, which will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2024. In addition to renovating displays explanations in the entrance hall of the Taketsuru House due to their aging, we were also in charge of installing new guide signs for the visitor parking lot, renovating the guide signs for existing facilities, and building a new monument for the photo spot to make it easier for visitors to tour the premises.

This is a community revitalization and disaster prevention base that was born in Koshimizu Town, Hokkaido, and is a community revitalization and disaster prevention base that has been working in partnership with the public and public, with the aim of creating a lively and sustainable town by creating a place for people to live both in everyday life and in times of disaster. In addition to the town hall functions, the town hall will be equipped with a cafe, laundry, fitness gym, community space, etc., transforming the town hall from a traditional "place you don't go to unless you have something to do" to a new "place you come to naturally." We aim to become a central facility where the town hall and residents can work together to revitalize the town while facing the challenges of depopulation and aging.

As a successor to Hokkaido's first science museum, the Muroran Youth Science Museum (opened in 1963), this museum was newly opened with the addition of the theme of "environment." The museum aims to create displays that will familiarize a wide range of generations, especially children, with science on a daily basis and give them hope for the future of the earth and the region. The environmental corner introduces environmental innovation projects that utilize Muroran's individuality and strengths cultivated through manufacturing, as well as efforts toward a sustainable future. The main displays, "Watching Moruelani," is a virtual exhibit in which visitors walk on satellite photos of Muroran spread across the floor and use an AR tablet to explore manufacturing, renewable energy sites, and natural spots. Visitors can experience displays that is usually difficult to see in real life, such as 360-degree images of factories and drone footage of natural landscapes. The science experience corner is made up of devices that allow visitors to experience the basics and principles of science. Some of the equipment from the old building has been remade and reinstalled, inheriting the history of the facility and the memories of the residents. The scattered devices are connected by experiment counters, enhancing the face-to-face communication space, and play elements are also incorporated into displays, such as large play equipment based on Muroran's nature.