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Azabudai Hills was born as a redevelopment project that took about 35 years to complete, and its theme is "Green & Wellness," with the concept of "Modern Urban Village, a town surrounded by greenery and like a 'plaza' that connects people." It was born as the "future form of Hills," with a vast central plaza at the center of the town and a highly integrated mix of diverse urban functions such as offices, residences, hotels, international schools, commercial facilities, and cultural facilities. The approximately 150 commercial facilities spread throughout the lush green area aim to enrich and create daily ways of working, living, and lifestyles. In particular, the commercial area that spreads over the lower floors of Tower Plaza is positioned as the center of the town, with a commercial area of approximately 2,800 tsubo, facing the central plaza, and a three-story atrium space. In this environmental plan, the motif of "FABRIC" is used down to the materials and details as an element to harmonize with the town, attract visitors to the upper floors, and encourage movement within the floors. The soft curves of the space create a comfortable, high-quality atmosphere, providing an appealing spatial experience that suggests a truly enriched lifestyle for the coming age.

This is a renovation project for the Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel. As a turning point since its opening, this project aims to evolve the hotel into a new one, including improving comfort and planning distinctive hotel restaurants. The plan is to maintain the hotel's appeal as a full-service hotel with accommodation, banquet, and restaurant functions, while capturing the inbound demand that will recover after COVID-19, and to upgrade both its functionality and concept design. For the first time since its opening, the entire hotel was closed and a major renovation was carried out. The renovation was based on the concept of "GINZA CONTRAST," and the duality of Ginza's unique charm is that it is "a town with a glamorous and royal feel for enjoying special occasions such as sightseeing, theater, and shopping," and "a town with the benefits of being used as a matter of course that fits into your daily life and accompanies your life." While valuing the combination of both, we proposed a new way to enjoy and spend time at the hotel, where visitors can freely and easily move between "work" and "play," "friends" and "yourself," and "travel" and "life," without clearly separating them. Our company was responsible for restaurant development, tenant leasing, interiors design and design supervision for the guest rooms, restaurant and bar, as well as interiors construction.

Meiji Park is the first metropolitan park to utilize the public installation and management system (Park-PFI) under the Urban Parks Act, and opened in October 2023. The project site is approximately 1.6 hectares of the front yard space of the National Stadium, and the new park is being developed, managed, and operated by Tokyo Legacy Parks Co., Ltd., a consortium of six companies, of which Tokyo Tatemono is the representative constituent organization. We were consulted by Tokyo Tatemono in 2021 and were responsible for the overall planning direction and architectural design supervision. We discussed with the client how to create a new park that embodies the concept of "creating a park that will become a legacy of the city of Tokyo that we can be proud of in the world," and were involved in creating a new park life that meets diverse needs such as well-being and diversity. The park has three plazas, including the approximately 1,000 m2 lawn plaza "Hope Plaza" and the "Michi Plaza" that incorporates a waterscape based on the Shibuya River, as well as the approximately 7,500 m2 wooded area "Pride Forest." Additionally, five retail buildings, which were selected through public competition, have been placed in the park to improve convenience for park users and create a lively atmosphere. Currently, each building is home to cafes, relaxation facilities, restaurants, outdoor activity shops, and more. We were also in charge of the business planning and construction (excluding the sauna area) of the first store of "TOTOPA," an urban spa facility newly developed by the Tokyo Tatemono Group*. Located on the second and third floors of store building A, it features a sauna, a cold bath with a depth of approximately 160 cm, a fitness area, various lounges, and more. *Operator and developer: Tokyo Tatemono, operation: Tokyo Tatemono Resorts

A brand store called "FREUDE by BMW" has opened in Azabudai Hills, which embodies BMW's slogan "The Joy of Driving" in a luxurious space. The store features displays of the latest vehicle models, a cafe that combines Japanese and German food cultures, a retail corner where you can purchase the BMW STUDIO apparel collection, which is being introduced to Japan for the first time, and a lounge and atelier where you can experience the brand's worldview, creating a sophisticated space where you can immerse yourself in the diverse world of BMW. In addition, the adjacent Japanese restaurant, which requires reservations, offers a more exclusive experience. The facility's concept of "The Joy of Driving Through Life" is conveyed along with the brand's philosophy, making it a new information dissemination hub where you can imagine a life with BMW.

This project is for Soba Ikko, a soba restaurant in Ebisu, Tokyo, where you can enjoy "soba-mae," a sophisticated culture that has continued since the Edo period. The restaurant has a "modern x folk art" theme, with a layout centered around an open kitchen. The restaurant is located on the first and second floors of "Sreed EBISU+C," a building developed by Sapporo Real Estate Development, and has a store area of approximately 200 m2. We were in charge of the overall interior concept design, schematic design, and design supervision.

The food hall "FOOD STADIUM TOKYO" is a food and beverage facility that combines entertainment and food hall, opened on the second floor of the yellow building in Tokyo Dome City. Located a two-minute walk from JR Suidobashi Station, it was planned with the aim of attracting new customers to the area. Our company was in charge of planning and concept, leasing cooperation, concept design and environmental department design, construction and furniture and fixture manufacturing. Inside the food hall, the lights are dimmed and neon lights shine, creating a space where adults can enjoy alcohol. In addition, sports and entertainment content is broadcast on the giant LED vision and many large and small monitors installed in the building. While experiencing the realism and excitement unique to an entertainment city, a wide variety of gourmet food is offered from 11 stores, with approximately 480 different seats to choose from.

This project is an urban redevelopment project for the east side area of Shibuya Station by Tokyu Corporation, and aims to create a new landmark building connecting Shibuya and Aoyama. We were in charge of consulting, leasing, furniture and fixture manufacturing, environmental features, building execution, and concept design criteria work. The name "Shibuya Akushu" expresses the desire to connect the streets of Aoyama (AOYAMA) and Shibuya (SHIBUYA) (X: crossing), and to create a facility that induces interaction in a place where a wide variety of people come and go. The meaning of "handshake (akushu)", which is a sign of greeting and friendship, expresses the way different people and cultures connect and mix in this place, and new value is created from there. The area where Shibuya Akushu is located, which stretches from Shibuya Station to Aoyama in the east exit area of Shibuya Station (hereinafter referred to as Aoshibu), is surrounded by major roads, which has hindered smooth movement to the surrounding areas, and because it is an office-centered area, there has been a problem of a lack of places where people can gather and create excitement. Therefore, this building is based on the concept of "TSUNAGI-BA," and aims to take advantage of the connection between the food and beverage zone of Shibuya 2-chome and the educational area of Aoyama, and become an icon of "Aoshibu," following in the footsteps of Shibuya's representative areas of Oku-Shibuya and Shibu-Minami. The building consists of commercial facilities on the 1st to 4th floors, and offices on the 5th to 23rd floors. The commercial floors will house 15 stores, including restaurants with new business formats and stores opening for the first time in the area, an art gallery, and a health check center, turning the Aoshibu area, which was previously just a pass, into a place of interaction where people can take a break and enjoy a meal.

MIRAI-Bit is a website where you can experience online on your personal device some of the content related to the permanent displays of Miraikan, which will be reopened in November 2023, including "Aging Park," which allows you to experience the aging that everyone experiences; "Nanairo Quest," which focuses on a future in which robots and humans live together; and "Planetary Crisis," which is about the global environment. In addition, we are running a traveling exhibition in various locations so that science museums and other facilities across the country can experience MIRAI-Bit. We were in charge of creating the content and construction and constructing the traveling displays fixtures.

Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, opened new permanent displays in November 2023, with the theme of "robots," "Hello! Robot" and "Nanairo Quest - A story of the future of living with robots." "Hello! Robot" is displays allows visitors to imagine living with various robots in the future and discover new possibilities through interacting with robots and introducing 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 futuristic town where people and robots live together, and learn about various ways of interacting with robots and gain new insights through conversations with residents and information about robots active in the town. We were in charge of schematic design displays working drawings, and construction. We were also in charge of the design and construction of "Nobel Q," which was renovated in September 2023.

Bridgestone has opened an innovation hub, "Bridgestone Innovation Park," in Kodaira, Tokyo. The central innovation center, "B-Innovation," is a facility to further promote interaction between people inside and outside the company, connect empathy for Bridgestone to co-creation, and accelerate innovation. We were in charge of planning, design, environmental production, and construction of "Bridgestone Open Innovation Hub," the entrance to "B-Innovation," where people can see and touch Bridgestone's core concept design and products to expand their ideas. We have also been in discussion with Bridgestone to carry out operation and spatial design based on behavioral science to lead people to the psychology they want to be.

Hoshino Resorts 1955 Tokyo Bay, which opened in the Maihama-Shin-Urayasu area of Chiba Prefecture, is a hotel with a total of 638 rooms concept design with the concept of "OLDIES GOODIES" and a motif of the American worldview around 1955. The hotel pursues hotel services that make theme park trips convenient and comfortable, such as restaurants where you can enjoy freshly cooked meals even late at night or early in the morning, a public space called "2nd Room" that can be used 24 hours a day, and rooms and amenities that are safe even for children. In addition, there are various types of rooms, and the interior concept design and coloring reminiscent of the American style of the time make it a space that can be used by a variety of scenes and age groups, such as families, couples, friends, and groups. Our company has been involved in the creation of spaces for many of the company's brands, such as "Hoshinoya," "Kai," and "OMO," and has been involved in this facility from the concept stage. We were responsible for everything from formulating the spatial concept that is the axis of branding to art direction, design, layout, and construction.

"CITY CIRCUIT TOKYO BAY" is an entertainment facility that combines motorsports and technology, with the largest urban circuit in Japan centered on EV (electric) karts and the only circuit course in Tokyo's 23 wards. This facility uses dedicated EV racing karts and simulators to provide a full-scale urban racing experience on outdoor and indoor courses. The indoor course is a space where motorsport fans and families can enjoy all day long, in addition to productions that utilize projection mapping. Our mission is to deliver a new urban circuit experience to everyone by utilizing EVs and other technologies, promote well-being through next-generation mobility, and contribute to the SDGs by realizing a sustainable society using EVs. As a joint planning company, we handle a wide range of areas, from business planning to adding value after operation. In the future, we will work with TOM'S to expand this business nationwide in order to expand mobility entertainment.

This was a project to plan, design and construction an employee lounge for office tenants in Shinjuku Center Building. We participated in this project from the upstream stage, proposing business planning, basic concepts, operational support, and concept naming. We responded with concept design took into consideration the possibility of repurposing the space in other areas (vacant lots) as a place for demonstration experiments.

This new office project has as its theme "people and companies create waves (resonance, sympathy) with each other, and grow into big waves (influence)." To express Careritz Technologies' determination to "continue to be an innovative, creative, and ever-growing company," we layered the image of water spreading and moving like ripples in concept design, using the transparency of water and its unexpectedness in changing into various colors and shapes.

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.