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TODAY’S SPECIAL Ebisu is a “food and lifestyle store” that is close to the daily lives of people who work, live, and gather in Ebisu. Our spacious store has the widest selection of plants in Tokyo, so you can grow them, live with them, and enjoy them. In addition to selling fresh flowers, we offer a wide range of daily necessities, such as bulk food ingredients and care products, that will give you the opportunity to start something new. We provided support for the opening of Ebisu Garden Place, from proposing a store opening to negotiating with the facility.

Kikukawa Industries is a leading company in metal processing and building materials, handling numerous large-scale construction projects both domestically and internationally. This project is a renovation plan for a visitor facility located on the premises of their Shirai factory, their processing base. The theme was to create a space where visitors could feel the spirit at the heart of Kikukawa Industries, built up over 90 years of history, embodying the KIKUKAWA spirit of "Never Say No" and continuing to take on new challenges without giving up. A new displays area introducing the company history and processing processes was created, and through art and fixtures incorporating advanced technology, the aim was to impress visitors with the passion and technology for manufacturing and to create a space that fosters new co-creation.

This new experiential shop blends outdoor and indoor spaces, offering panoramic views of the vast sky and the Tokyo Skytree from its base. In addition to selling familiar items and outdoor goods, various experiential contents, such as workshops utilizing the outdoors, are also planned. The store's garage-like interiors concept design is modeled after the CHUMS factory in Hurricane, Utah, the birthplace of CHUMS, allowing customers to experience the brand's roots.

This concept design project involved proposing an optional plan for private units that was a first for Mitsubishi Jisho Residence, encompassing everything from lifestyle and layout plans to materials and custom-made furniture as a single package. Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led people worldwide to re-evaluate the comfort of their living spaces, we proposed a "new standard" lifestyle for the post-COVID era, focusing on two key aspects of a condominium living space: "the ability to spend healthy and fulfilling time at home" and "the ability to balance daily life and work." The model room chosen was the 70S1 type, considered the most popular family-oriented unit among the 12 types available on each floor. In this type, we aimed to create a living space that could be customized to suit individual lifestyles, incorporating a "multifunctional area" in the living and dining area. By dividing the large living and dining area with storage shelves, family members can be in the same space while still being able to engage in different activities and feel each other's presence. The model room's styling was based on the concept of "Japandi," representing a unique proposal from our company, FOO, that differed from previous model room designs.

AI-STUDIO-SAITAMA is the sixth domestic store for AI Construction, offering an experiential housing showroom where visitors can "see," "touch," and "feel." Located on the 6th floor of the Omiya Takashimaya Main Building in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, "AI-STUDIO-SAITAMA" features a VR room where visitors can virtually experience their dream home plans, and an LDK simulation room where they can examine their planned floor plans in life-size. In addition, visitors can enjoy concept design their ideal lifestyle while checking out innovative storage ideas, playful skip-space designs, and comparing housing equipment. Our company was responsible for concept design, production, and interiors construction.

"Deus Ex Machina Asakusa", which opened in Tokyo Mizumachi West Zone, is a lifestyle shop based on Australian surf and bike culture. As small as an espresso, the shop is packed with a variety of things, and is located on a riverside away from the hustle and bustle of the city.It has many different roles: a comfortable cafe, an apparel shop, and an art gallery. Higashi Tokyo's first store in Asakusa will serve coffee brewed by famous baristas and Deus Chef's original food that can only be tasted here. Our company assisted with consulting and leasing.

The Magic Literature Museum (Edogawa Ward Kadono Eiko Children's Literature Museum) is a public facility planned by Edogawa Ward to pass on to future generations the imaginative and dreamy worldview and achievements of Kadono Eiko, recipient of the "International Hans Christian Andersen Award," often called the "small Nobel Prize of children's literature." It was created as a place to widely disseminate the wonders of children's literature to the world, where children can freely choose books, pick them up, and become familiar with them, thereby nurturing their rich creativity and expanding dreams. In this project, our company was in charge of displays basic plan, schematic design, and working drawings under the supervision of Kengo Kuma & Associates, and also handled the subsequent displays production. *We have been entrusted with the management of the facility since its opening in 2023.

This project involved the employee break rooms at "ZOZOBASE Tsukuba 3," the fifth logistics facility for ZOZO Co., Ltd. Our company was responsible for everything from the basic planning to construction of the break rooms on the first and fifth floors. Each floor has a fashion-related concept design concept: denim for the first floor and plaid (checkered pattern) for the fifth floor.

L'Oréal Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the world's largest cosmetics company, L'Oréal Group, has undertaken its first major renovation since relocating Head Office to Shinjuku Park Tower in 2006. Named "Beauty Valley" under the concept of "EN" (縁), the renovated office embodies the desire to create a place where beauty is born, connecting people with Japan, customers, business partners, and employees. concept design incorporates the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) as themes for each area, and features furniture and decorations showcasing Japanese craftsmanship, incorporating Japanese beauty throughout. Furthermore, approximately 4,400 units of L'Oréal's products—around 60 different types, including eyeshadow, foundation, and lipstick—were upcycled before disposal, utilizing them in paints, lampshades, and tiles. While pursuing sustainable beauty, the office fully expresses L'Oréal's aesthetic by installing product display fixtures similar to those found in retail stores. Moreover, the office is designed in accordance with LEED standards, an international certification for sustainable buildings, ensuring energy efficiency and waste management, paying meticulous attention to details such as light, sound, and materials. Our company participated in this project as the overall construction company for interiors.

Opened in 2021, this luxury club was planned with the aim of bringing vitality and hope for the future to Ginza, one of Japan's leading entertainment districts, which has been hit hard by the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic. The name of the club is "Arabesque," which originally means "Arabian-style decorative patterns." The song of the same name, derived from this, is composed of a regular, repeating rhythm and gradually changing interplay of sounds. We wanted to focus on the meaning embedded in the Arabesque decoration and the song and incorporate it into the space. First, we incorporated half-arches, which are arches cut in half, a representative motif of Arabian decoration. By continuing the half-arches, we freed ourselves from a regular composition and created variations in how they are combined. These half-arches are extended from the entrance door to the reception, bar, and hall, and are linked together as if creating the rhythm of the song. The half-arches foreshadow the next step, gradually becoming brighter and more gorgeous, connecting to a fun future. We aimed for concept design gives such an impression, infusing hope and a breath of fresh air.

1. Hotel Concept Based on the concept of "My Hotel that connects travel and the city," Hotel Amanek Shinjuku Kabukicho is the ninth hotel in the Amanek brand. Our company was responsible for the FF&E and concept design proposals and production for the guest rooms, as well as the common areas of the first-floor lobby and basement restaurant. In proposing concept design for this project, we considered the following three points to be important: 1. Hotel Concept Based on the hotel's keywords of "a place to belong," "relaxation," and "healing," we created a comfortable atmosphere in the physical aspects by realizing a compact yet luxurious bathroom space under the concept of "Cozy Comfort Hotel," while creating a beautiful space that evokes the urban atmosphere unique to the Shinjuku Kabukicho location by focusing on a sense of openness in the common areas and zoning. In terms of concept design, we incorporated various elements such as the blessings of nature, the cityscape, familiar scenery, traditional crafts, the atmosphere of local industries, and the lifestyle unique to the Shinjuku area, based on the concept of "Design with Local Essence." Through these efforts, we have created a space that evokes the unique character of Shinjuku Kabukicho, the heart of the entertainment district, while also providing a sense of relaxation and healing. 2. Building Exterior By incorporating tall, vertically oriented slit-like windows and ribbed exterior walls, we have created an exterior design that is mindful of the height befitting the Shinjuku area, which is lined with skyscrapers, aiming for a sense of unity between the exterior and interior, and expressing a modern design through the vertical lines of the building's exterior. 3. Hotel Situation in the Shinjuku Area As the area is lined with business hotel chains, there are also many unique hotels of all sizes, so we aim to create a relaxing space that is unique to Amanek while differentiating ourselves from others. Based on these three points, in order to explore the charm of this area, we have delved into the history of Shinjuku and aimed to allow all guests, whether domestic tourists or business travelers, to fully enjoy the city and travel of Shinjuku, and above all, the comfortable space that is unique to Hotel Amanek. Furthermore, as "Shinjuku Wa Relax," the hotel aims to create a space that evokes the dazzling atmosphere of Shinjuku while simultaneously providing a relaxing environment to soothe the fatigue of travel. The lobby, which guests will inevitably visit not only during check-in and check-out but also when going out during their stay or returning to the hotel, is designed to be a convenient space tailored to the user's needs, whether it's for meeting up with someone or discussing where to go.

TBS has adopted the area concept of "Shake the World. AKASAKA," aiming for the "Akasaka 2-chome and 6-chome District Redevelopment Plan" and the operation and completion of existing areas (TBS Broadcasting Center, Akasaka Sacas, TBS Akasaka BLITZ Studio, TBS Akasaka ACT Theater, Akasaka Biz Tower) by 2028. As the third phase of this plan, "Akasaka BLITZ," which has previously served as a live performance space and delivered various content, has been renovated into "BLITZ Studio," a new facility dedicated to television program production. The first floor features displays space collaborating with popular programs, and the third floor has a viewing space for the program studios. For this project, we planned, designed, and produced a monument to attract facilities that will contribute to the revival of Akasaka's vibrancy lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a gallery that allows viewers to experience the history of the station from its opening to the present, in the foyer in front of the "BLITZ Studio" and the stairwell leading to the third-floor concept design. The monument embodies the long-standing connection between TBS and its viewers, while also proposing a circular economy from an SDG perspective by creatively reusing 1.4 tons of "discarded viewing and broadcasting equipment and materials." The adjoining stairwell serves as a pathway leading from a gallery tracing the evolution of TBS's viewing media over 70 years to the studio viewing area, creating a space where visitors can experience TBS's history from its founding to the present day in a seamless manner.

A new area connecting "Asakusa" and "Tokyo Skytree Town®" has been born. "Tokyo Mizumachi®" is a commercial complex under elevated railway tracks created in collaboration between Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. and Sumida Ward. Based on the concept of "Live to Trip - people, regions, and cultures come and go, spend your time as if you were traveling, and travel as if you lived there", we have developed a road-based project that includes supporting players who are rooted in East Tokyo and players who want to have a base in East Tokyo. By developing a town called "Tokyo Mizumachi®" as a collection of small individualities centered on players, it will be linked with Asakusa and Tokyo Sky Tree, and will be a fusion of [community-based x tourism leisure consumption] as a tourist spot in this area. We aimed for

The first floor of the Panasonic Center Tokyo has been renovated into an interactive displays space where elementary and junior high school students can learn about the environment, think about it, and take action. In this space, while introducing Panasonic's long-term environmental vision, "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT," which is Panasonic's initiative to reduce CO2 emissions, the aim is for each child to find their own idea for "ACT" and become a partner in taking action on environmental issues. As a place where each individual can learn while searching for answers to the challenge of environmental problems, which have no clear answers, the various shapes scattered throughout the space represent the incomplete forms that the children will create themselves. In addition, by posing questions with four large signs, children can look for hints while experiencing game content and hands-on displays. In order to connect large-scale environmental problems to their own lives and actions, the content is set in familiar places such as homes and daily life. Furthermore, games that combine analog gimmicks such as "pushing" and "turning" with digital content, and collaborative work with peers have been designed to provide the fun and learning that can only be experienced through physical activity in a real space.

This is a next-generation entertainment food hall in Kabukicho run by Hamakura Tateki Shoten Seisakusho, the company behind the alley boom, Ebisu Yokocho and Shibuya Yokocho. The approximately 1,000 square meter floor is a food festival district with a total of 10 stores that fuse food, music, and video with the themes of "festivals" and "food from all over the country." From Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu and Okinawa in the south, and neighboring South Korea, we offer local cuisine, B-class gourmet food, rice bowls, noodles, yakitori, gyoza, alcohol, and more, including carefully selected farm-fresh ingredients that show the faces of the producers. "Soul food" is gathering here.