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"Marunouchi Street Park" has been running in Tokyo's Marunouchi Nakadori since 2019 as a demonstration experiment of future area management that transforms "road space" into a comfortable "urban park space." Based on the concept of "Popping Summer Street - Marunouchi Nakadori where visitors can feel the summer and get excited," verification items included collaboration with initiatives that are in line with the times and trends, such as rugby and SDGs, setting up tables equipped with wind and solar power generation capabilities, and creating a venue for musical performances that involves local workers and visitors.

NOMURA Co.,Ltd. exhibited a booth at the "SC Business Fair 2024," the largest event in the shopping center industry, bringing together all involved. The event was held at the Pacifico Yokohama displays Hall for three days, from January 24 to 26, 2024. In addition to exhibiting at our booth, we also hosted a free seminar on the first day of the event. The theme of our booth this time was "NOMURA Co.,Ltd. 's Approach to Sustainable concept design." As part of our social good R&D activities, we are currently working on creating a "Sustainable concept design Etiquette Book" that achieves aesthetics, functionality, and environmental friendliness. Our booth was designed in accordance with the book's basic principles. As sustainability initiatives become more diverse, we are also continuing to take on various challenges, such as developing upcycled materials. However, this time, we focused on understanding the characteristics of basic materials, which are essential for creating spaces and will continue to be deeply involved in the future. The basic materials used were wood, cement, acrylic, copper, and steel. Each timber was arranged in a grid pattern, creating undulating spaces that encouraged visitors to wander and enjoy conversation. The proportion of each material used was calculated based on the embodied carbon emissions over the building's lifecycle, allowing visitors to visually appreciate the material's characteristics. Furthermore, clamps* were used instead of screws or adhesives to join the pieces, enabling secondary reuse of materials and dramatically reducing waste during demolition, symbolizing the essential concept of contributing to the environment. Our goal was to concept design a booth that would encourage visitors to consider future approaches to sustainable concept design, while demonstrating responsibility and gratitude for materials and fostering new insights and discoveries. *We have used clamps specifically designed for 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 is an open innovation hub newly established in Marunouchi, Tokyo in September 2022 by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company with the aim of creating new value through collaboration and cooperation with external parties. In addition to private companies such as startups and large corporations, it is used as a place for collaboration and cooperation with local governments, governments, universities, research institutions, and others. interiors concept design of the space expresses "intersection and expansion" throughout, so that the keyword of the hub, "collaboration and collaboration," can always be felt. In addition, in order to flexibly respond to various speedy working styles, including agile development, the furniture and fixtures are movable, but by placing comfortable sofas in the same space, the boundaries between on and off are intentionally blurred, and the entire space is coordinated to generate communication in various situations and help create ideas.

This project aims to improve the appeal of Kanazawa crafts in the Tokyo metropolitan area and strengthen its ability to convey the message. It relocates and opens "Dining Gallery Ginza no Kanazawa," which was located on the sixth floor of a commercial facility, as a full-scale crafts gallery on the street in Ginza 5-chome. Utilizing the brand power that has been cultivated thus far, we will create a new stage that connects Kanazawa with the world, culture and business, tradition and innovation, and convey the appeal of Kanazawa crafts to the world, while also nurturing young craft artists.

This is Head Office head office expansion project for Kasumigaseki Capital, a company that engages in natural energy businesses, apartment hotels, logistics facility development, and healthcare-related facility development. The Hospitality and Culture Division office was expanded at the Head Office office, which was relocated in 2020. As an office for the hotel business, it aims to increase productivity by providing a space that stimulates creativity and generates new ideas, as well as functionality that allows employees to imagine actual hotel operations.

The Realize Group, which develops various businesses, mainly in the fund business, has established a new company called SUUTA, which operates a rental platform. SUUTA aims to shift all things from "consumption" to "recycling," proposing a light lifestyle of "living without possessions" from the user's perspective, while from the seller's perspective, it conveys a new value in which everything you own can become an investment target. In the company's new office, the aim was to create a space where each employee could experience "what it means for things to circulate and increase in value" while working, deepening their understanding of the company's business and making it their own as a user.

This is an displays concept design project for the comprehensive retail trade fair "JAPAN SHOP 2024" held at Tokyo Big Sight. We were in charge of design, layout, and construction of the entire booth for Lilycolor Co., Ltd. This year's theme was "Sustainable x Experiential Material Search for Design Decision Makers." In addition to seeing Lilycolor's "sustainable products," including new wallpaper and flooring products made from recycled waste, we also scattered points throughout the exhibit where visitors could "experience" the products themselves, by actually touching them and checking their texture and comfort. As a company that deals with interior materials, we aimed to create a booth that could be experienced in three dimensions, including the comfort of the space and the image of the actual space.

Square JS is a complex owned by Nippon Sosei Life. At Square JS, we use a thermographic camera to capture and record the differences in thermal insulation properties of living rooms that vary depending on materials and construction methods, and we conduct the "Thermo Experiment displays" to apply it to future living spaces. This facility attracts many customers, such as apartment complex management companies, housing supply corporations, and local government officials, based on the keyword "housing complex." However, due to the technical nature of displays's content, it was difficult to gain a full understanding of the facility. Therefore, through this video, we show that the thermal environment of living rooms has improved due to changes in times, construction methods, and materials, and then tour the actual space so that the complex contents of displays can be understood smoothly. < Video Story >Showa 40's. An inquisitive elementary school student, Manabu learned about the thermal insulation of living rooms from his father Kiyoshi, the architect of the housing complex, and became interested in future research and improved spaces. Then, the space is twisted, and you are transported back to 202 X! Kiyo is very excited about the future space. In learning, the temperature of the living room changes depending on the material and construction method. When he returned to the Showa period, his mother Keiko prepared meals and waited for them to return. They enjoyed the family reunion, imagining the future that would come to Gaku one day.

This is a senior residence project aimed at active seniors in the "HARUMI FLAG" area, a new town created as a result of large-scale urban development. We assisted from the basic concept stage and were in charge of planning the common areas. The nearby Harumi Pier is a special place visited by ships from all over the world, as it is the gateway to Tokyo's ocean, and is a place where luxury cruise ships from Japan and overseas call. Inspired by the characteristics of this area, we concept design a space with a cruise ship image for "Home Clair", a cultural school opened within this property. The space used for the cultural school, called "Clair Hall", was inspired by the diverse cultures brought by ships from all over the world, and we created mechanisms to serve as a starting point for activities through "culture", such as a culture wall hung with records from multiple generations and cultures and a movable stage that can accommodate various activities. The lounge for residents only, called "Clair Lounge", is a special space where residents can relax while enjoying board games and light meals by conceptually incorporating the Art Deco concept design used in the 1920s, when cruise ship voyages were popular.

Caretta Shiodome is a commercial complex that houses a variety of restaurants and shops, as well as cultural facilities such as the Shiki Theatre Company's permanent theater, Dentsu Shiki Theatre Umi, and the Japanese advertising museum, Ad Museum Tokyo. To mark the 20th anniversary of its opening in 2022, the Kame no Hiroba (Turtle Square) located in the center of the block, the facade of the facility's main entrance, and the rest spaces within the building have been renovated.

We were in charge of renovating Cross Dine, an all-day dining restaurant with a popular buffet in the Hotel Metropolitan. While maintaining the main concept since its opening, "Cross over dining," an international food crossroads by specialized chefs of Japanese, Western and Chinese cuisine, we adopted a new concept design concept of "CASA VALLEY," which means a house with a large roof. The lively open kitchen has been upgraded as a "show kitchen," and the restaurant has been reborn as an open modern living and dining room with a large roof, with the kitchen at its center. The imposing pillars supporting the high ceiling give off a calm, woody warmth. The pendant lights, chandeliers and brackets hanging from the ceiling emit warm light, creating a comfortable atmosphere like a home that always welcomes you. In order to allow customers with different purposes and numbers to use the space comfortably, we have created three styles: DINING AREA, SALON STYLE AREA, and GARDEN LIVING AREA.

Building 15 of Sophia University's Yotsuya Campus is based on the theme of "turning the city into a forest," and aims to contribute to achieving the SDGs and realizing a carbon-free society, as well as to become a sustainable landmark for the region. It opened in the fall of 2022 as a base for adult education and community interaction. The three-story wooden building was designed and construction by Sumitomo Forestry, and is a fire-resistant structure. The main structural parts are made of "Kigurumi FR®," an original pure wood fire-resistant laminated lumber made from cedar from Tama. The facade, which is covered with crisscrossing wooden lattices, is concept design to express "diversity," "interaction with others," "truth," and "tradition," which are linked to Sophia University's founding principles. The first floor will operate a cafe that is open to the public, and as part of community contribution activities, the space will be provided to nearby neighborhood associations as a disaster prevention warehouse. The second and third floors are also used as classrooms for the "Professional Studies" course for working adults. We were responsible for design, layout, and construction of the third floor, which is used as a classroom for working adults. We aimed to create a space that would be a place to gather, learn from each other, and talk, and to foster concept design. We also linked the story of the architecture to the materials that make up the space, using Nishikawa timber (cedar and cypress) from Hanno, which, together with materials from Tama, helped build the city of Edo.

Since opening in 2011 at the east exit of JR Urawa Station, East Medical Clinic's newly built medical facility in Urawa PARCO has been used for internal medicine, breast surgery, complete health checkups, and health checkups not only by local residents but also by many nearby companies. This is a relocation project to a mall. The opening of the relocation comes after two years of consulting on the target property and redefining the mission as the scale of the clinic expanded.

This is a value-enhancing renovation project for a 20-story office building completed in 1990 that is directly connected to the second floor deck of Shin-Urayasu Station. The areas to be renovated include the 2nd floor external facade that serves as the entrance to the building, the 2nd floor entrance, and the common area on the standard floor including the restrooms. We have created a good space.