Works#Kanto

「天使のはね」のランドセルでおなじみのセイバン様による15店舗目の直営店です。各店舗では、それぞれの街の地域性をひもときながら、独自のコンセプトを立ててデザインしています。横浜港北の街には生活に溶け込むように多くの緑道が存在し、その緑道が単なる道ではなく公園として子どもたちの遊び場となっています。そこで、今回のコンセプトは「SEIBAN GREEN PARKWAY」を採用し、緑道の有機的な曲線やグリーンの要素、自然の中で出会うさまざまな色を採り入れて、思わず奥へと進みたくなるような空間をデザインしました。 

東武スカイツリーラインの沿線価値向上に向けたシンボルプロジェクトとして、獨協大学前エリアに、“カラダとココロの五感を満たすみんなに「心地よい暮らし」”を提案する場所をコンセプトとした商業施設「TOBU icourt/トーブ イコート」が開業しました。 本施設には、獨協大学をはじめとした教育・文化施設や松原団地記念公園などが位置するこのエリアの特徴を生かし、食生活提案型の大手スーパーマーケットのほか、多様化するライフスタイルのデイリーニーズを満たす全24店舗で開業しています。 また、行政や住民・大学など地域との更なる連携を図りながら、地域の魅力を高めるまちづくりを推進する拠点としての役割も担い、隣接する公園を使ったイベント開催など、本施設とともにイベントを通じた交流から生まれる新たなつながりによって、地域のにぎわいが継続されていくことを目指しています。 当社は、本施設の開発企画・リーシング・デザイン/設計監修・施設ネーミング/ロゴマーク開発を担当しました。

株式会社カネカ様が手掛ける「ブノワ・ニアン 銀座」です。当店舗は、元エンジニアという経歴を持つベルギー出身のカカオ職人ブノワ・ニアン氏が2005年に立ち上げたチョコレートブランド「ブノワ・ニアン」の日本初の旗艦店であり、日本国内での新規ファン獲得の場であると共に、カネカのブランド発信基地としての機能も備えています。ブノワ・ニアンは「単一農園」「単一品種」のカカオを用いたシングルオリジンが特長で、自らの工房で焙炒から製品まで一貫生産しています。ショコラティエである前に“カカオ職人”でありたいという思いから生まれた「CRAFTSMANSHIP」という精神・哲学を、今回のショップデザインに反映しました。ベルギーの工房の風景からデザインエレメントを抽出し、コンチングマシンのブルーや秤のブロンズなど、色や質感をデザイン要素として取り入れ、日本でのブランドキーカラーを新たに設定しました。また、店内照明にはカネカの製品「カネカ有機EL照明（カネカOLED照明）」を取り入れることで、ショールームとしての役割を付加しました。カネカOLED照明は、面で発光するやわらかな光と、対象物の影ができにくいことが特徴です。ショコラトリーと照明のショールームという2つの目的が両立する空間をデザインしました。

「SOSiLA」は、人と社会をつなぐ新たな物流施設のブランドです。物流の効率化（Efficiency）、環境への配慮（Ecology）、安全性・BCP対応（Safety）、快適な労働環境（Amenity）がテーマとなっており、習志野茜浜2号棟は、ブランド初となる改修プロジェクトでした。当社は、コンセプトからの立案、そしてアプローチ、風除室、エレベーターホールの設計施工を担当しました。

オカムラ様が「波打ちまざり、つながる場。」をコンセプトに開設した共創空間のひとつである“Sea”は、さまざまな文脈で東京に集まる人たちが、しがらみを脱ぎ、好奇心でつながり、共創を起こす場となっています。このたび、オカムラガーデンコートショールーム内への移設リニューアルに伴い、当社は、デザイン監修と内装造作工事の施工を担当し、オカムラ様のクリエイティブチームとの連携を図りました。

ブルドックソース館林工場がTATEBAYASHIクリエイションセンターへと生まれ変わり、ソースの魅力を伝える見学施設が開設されました。社員の方々から自社製品への深い想いを丁寧にヒアリングしながら制作を行いました。120年の長い歴史について伝えるヒストリーエリアでは、象徴ともいえる角ボトルを内装のモチーフとし、漫画風のグラフィックをロゴマークでもあるブルドッグ自らが語ってくれるコンテンツで運営負荷を考えた設計となっています。ソースへのこだわりと自然の恵みでできていることをアピールする展示エリアでは、小さなハンズオン什器や、製品の構想から製造までの工程をたどれるすごろくグラフィックなど、来場者が自主的に学べる要素を盛り込みました。工場見学エリアでは、製造工程を伝える映像やグラフィックに加えて、製造スピードや安心安全を伝えるグラフィックで学びの要素を強くし、社会科見学にも活用できるような要素をちりばめています。

This project involved the renewal of Asakusa Station on the Tobu Skytree Line and Tobu Nikko Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, coinciding with the launch of Tobu Railway's new limited express train, the Spacia X. The project's concept was "connecting," aiming to create a sense of continuity in the space from before boarding the Spacia X to after disembarking. Furthermore, the concept of "connecting" encompasses several meanings, including "connecting to a journey to Nikko," "connecting the old and new station concept design," "connecting the history and culture of the areas along the line to the future," and "connecting the skills and thoughts of the creators to the users." As a station concept design that embodies "connecting," the project actively utilized materials from Tochigi Prefecture and incorporated motifs derived from Nikko's nature, history, and culture, aiming to promote "environmental conservation" and "cultural dissemination" of the areas along the line as new initiatives for Tobu Railway. In addition, to convey these efforts, our company was in charge of concept design graphic posters on the theme of "connecting," which were displays inside Asakusa Station and Tobu Nikko Station.

This is a yogurt manufacturing building newly constructed at the Tone Plant in 2019. This project involves creating a factory tour facility in this new building where children can deepen their understanding of familiar milk and dairy products while having fun, and learn about efforts to ensure food safety and environmentally conscious initiatives toward achieving the SDGs. Our company provided total production services, from the facility concept to spatial concept design, displays design and production, and the creation of various content including a concept movie.

The all-day dining restaurant "Balcony by 6th," based on the concept of "a balcony in the city," and the bar lounge "The Lovers' Lounge" for "lovers" have opened on the third floor of Azabudai Hills Tower Plaza. The long-loved "6th by Oriental Hotel" in Yurakucho has been reborn as a comfortable dining space that is more accessible to many people, with the theme of inheriting history and harmonizing with the new city. "Balcony by 6th" has an open and comfortable terrace overlooking the Azabudai Hills area, and a botanical atmosphere, offering a unique view of greenery blending into the city. This all-day dining restaurant with about 200 seats can be used for lunch, cafe, dinner, and bar, and serves Italian-based international cuisine created in an open kitchen. The "classical and oriental" taste reminiscent of "6th by Oriental Hotel" has been reinterpreted. A variety of places have been created by incorporating the elements and colors of the surrounding environment, providing a relaxing place where users can enjoy themselves freely according to the situation. The Lovers' Lounge is a bar lounge for lovers. It is adjacent to Balcony by 6th and is a place of relaxation where you can think and talk about the things you like as much as you like. It is a place to meet before a meal or spend some time after a meal, and you can casually enjoy a glass of carefully selected Japanese whiskey from all over the country and a wide variety of signature cocktails. The interior of the store, where you can enjoy carefully selected cocktails and whiskey in a rare, relaxed space within a commercial facility, also has an antique aspect, as some of the interior was used in 6th by Oriental Hotel.

This is the first overseas branch of the Chinese restaurant chain with the most Michelin stars in mainland China. The interior concept design was handled by a Hong Kong-based concept design company, and our company was responsible for the local design work, which was highly complex and based on the work of an overseas designer, as well as construction work, which required a high level of completion.

This is a renovation project for Seibu Railway's Toshimaen Station and Ikebukuro Station, coinciding with the opening of "Studio Tour Tokyo (Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter)," built on the former site of "Toshimaen" amusement park. ■Toshimaen Station Based on the concept of "a station where imagination blends into everyday life," the station building features a simple concept design that evokes a gate connecting the ordinary and the extraordinary, with added elements that allow you to feel the world of magic. The pillars on the platform, station name signs, and vending machines have been renovated with a design based on red, reminiscent of "Hogsmeade Station" leading to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In addition, the see-through LED images on the glass surface at the top of the facade change according to the time of day and season, creating a magical effect that gives a sense of floating. Furthermore, as a legacy of "Toshimaen," which closed in August 2020, model trains, telephone booth sculptures, benches, and sculptures made from trees grown within Toshimaen have been remade to fit a new concept and put displays, making the station a beloved landmark for the local community. ■Ikebukuro Station Inspired by "King's Cross Station" in London, England, the walls of platforms 1 and 2, where trains to Toshimaen mainly depart and arrive, have been remodeled in a brick pattern, and the station signs have also been renovated with a navy base. Based on the concept of "a path leading to a fantasy world," illustrations of wizards and owls have been placed throughout, creating a magical atmosphere and making the station a gateway to a magical world.

Tochigi Health Checkup Plaza is a medical facility that relocated and reopened on January 15, 2024, for receiving health checkups and comprehensive medical examinations. In today's era, often referred to as the "100-year life era," regular health checkups and comprehensive medical examinations are more important than ever for managing one's health. To fulfill our customers' wish that their annual checkup day be a "rich and special day," we have created a hospitable space from architecture to interior and furniture concept design. To meet our customers' requests and broad concept design needs, we teamed up NAU (now the Architectural Production Department), which excels in total concept design on an urban planning and architectural scale, with an interior concept design team that specializes in the hospitality market, such as hotels. By leveraging each other's expertise and concept design comprehensively from architectural scale to human scale, we have created a space that alleviates the psychological anxiety of patients and allows them to spend their time comfortably and pleasantly. With its smart appearance symbolizing a cutting-edge medical facility and a space filled with elegant colors, we aimed to create a facility that would become a symbol of the city, rooted in the community and loved by its residents.

"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. Ltd. exhibited a booth at "SC Business Fair 2024," the industry's largest event bringing together shopping center stakeholders. Held at Pacifico Yokohama displays Hall for three days from January 24th to 26th, 2024, Nomura Co., Ltd. not only exhibited a booth but also held a free seminar on the first day of the event. The theme of this year's booth was "Sustainable concept design as Envisioned by NOMURA Co.,Ltd." As part of our social good R&D activities, we are developing a "Sustainable concept design Manners Book" that realizes aesthetic appeal, functionality, and environmental friendliness, and the booth was designed in accordance with the basic principles of the Manners Book. While sustainability initiatives are diversifying, we are also continuing to take on various challenges, such as developing upcycled materials. However, this time, we returned to basic materials that are indispensable for constructing spaces and that we will continue to be deeply involved with in the future, and focused on understanding the characteristics of each material. As basic materials, we used wood, cement, acrylic, copper, and iron, arranging the timbers of each material in a grid pattern while creating undulations in the space, allowing visitors to move around the booth and enjoy conversations. The proportion of each material used was calculated based on the embodied carbon emissions throughout the building's lifecycle, and we made efforts to allow visitors to visually perceive the characteristics of each material. Furthermore, by using clamps (*) instead of screws or adhesives for joining, the materials can be reused, and the amount of waste generated during demolition is drastically reduced, symbolically representing the fundamental concept of contributing to the environment. Our aim was concept design a booth where visitors could think together about future approaches to sustainable concept design, and where they could gain new insights and discoveries while demonstrating responsibility and gratitude for materials. *We are using the dedicated clamps from 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.