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「としまえん」跡地に建設された「スタジオツアー東京（ワーナー ブラザース スタジオツアー東京 – メイキング・オブ・ハリー・ポッター）」オープンに伴う、西武鉄道線「豊島園駅」「池袋駅」のリニューアルプロジェクトです。■豊島園駅「イマジネーションが日常に溶け込む駅」をコンセプトに、日常と非日常空間をつなぐゲートをイメージしたシンプルなデザインに、魔法の世界を感じられる仕掛けをプラスした駅舎となっています。ホーム上の柱や駅名標、自動販売機などは、ホグワーツ魔法魔術学校へとつづく「ホグズミード駅」を彷彿とさせる赤を基調とした意匠に改修しました。また、ファサード上部のガラス面を使用した、シースルーLEDによる映像を時間帯やシーズンごとに変化させ、浮遊感のある魔法を感じる演出としました。さらに、2020年8月に閉園した「としまえん」のレガシーとして、模型列車や電話ボックスオブジェ、ベンチ、としまえん内で育った木を使用したオブジェなどを新たなコンセプトに合わせてリメイクし、展示することで、地域の皆さまからも親しまれる駅となりました。■池袋駅英国・ロンドンにある「キングスクロス駅」を参考にした、豊島園行きの電車が主に発着する1・2番ホームの壁面をレンガ調に、駅サインもネイビーを基調に改修しました。「ファンタジーの世界へつづく道」をコンセプトに、随所に魔法使いやフクロウのイラストを施すことで魔法の世界観を創出し、魔法の世界へつながる玄関口の駅となりました。

とちぎ健診プラザは2024年1月15日に移転・オープンした健康診断（以下、健診）や人間ドックを受診するための医療施設です。人生100年時代といわれる現代において、定期的な健診・人間ドックによる健康管理はこれまで以上に重要になっています。多くの受診者にとって年に一度の受診日が“豊かで特別な一日であってほしい”というお客さまの想いを実現すべく、建築からインテリア・家具デザインに至るまでトータルに、ホスピタリティ溢れる空間としています。お客さまのご要望と幅広いデザイン領域に対応するため、都市計画や建築規模でトータルデザインを得意とするNAU（現・建築プロデュース部）と、ホテルなどのホスピタリティ市場を得意とするインテリアデザインチームとでタッグを組みました。互いの専門力を生かし、建築スケールからヒューマンスケールまで、トータルにデザインすることで、受診者の心理的な不安を和らげ、快適で心地よく過ごせる空間を実現しました。先進的な医療施設を象徴するスマートな佇まいとエレガントな彩りにあふれた空間により、街のシンボルとして、地域に根付き、愛される施設を目指しました。

「Marunouchi Street Park」は「道路空間」を快適な「都市公園空間」へと変える、未来のエリアマネジメントの実証実験として、2019年から東京・丸の内仲通りで実施されています。「Popping Summer Street -訪れる人が夏らしさを感じ、心躍るような丸の内仲通り-」をコンセプトとし、ラグビー／SDGsなど時代やトレンドにあった取り組みとのコラボレーションや、風力発電や太陽光発電の機能を備えたテーブルの設置、地域で働く方や来街者を巻き込んだ音楽演奏の場づくりなどを検証事項として実施しました。

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.

This is an open innovation hub established in September 2022 in Marunouchi, Tokyo, by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, with the aim of creating new value through collaboration and cooperation with external parties. It is used as a place for collaboration and cooperation with private companies such as startups and large corporations, as well as local governments, administrative bodies, universities, and research institutions. In terms of the space, interiors concept design expresses "interaction and expansion" in various places so that the keyword of the hub, "collaboration and cooperation," can always be felt. Furthermore, in order to flexibly respond to diverse working styles with a sense of speed, such as agile development, the furniture and fixtures are movable, but comfortable sofas and other items are placed in the space to deliberately blur the boundary between work and leisure, and the overall coordination is designed to generate communication in various situations and help to help create new 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 project involves expanding the headquarters office of Kasumigaseki Capital, Head Office that develops renewable energy, apartment hotels, logistics facilities, and healthcare-related facilities. The expansion added office space for the Hospitality and Culture Division to Head Office office, which was relocated in 2020. As an office for the hotel business, the aim is to enhance productivity by combining a space that stimulates creativity and generates new ideas with functionality that allows for an understanding of 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 displays concept design project for "JAPAN SHOP 2024," a comprehensive retail trade show held at Tokyo Big Sight. Our company was in charge of the overall design, layout, and construction of the booth for Lilycolor Co., Ltd. This year's theme was "Sustainability x Experiential Material Search for Design Decision-makers." Not only could visitors see Lilycolor's "sustainable products," including new wallpapers and floorings made from recycled waste, but we also incorporated points throughout the booth where visitors could actually touch and feel the texture and feel of the products, allowing them to "experience" them firsthand. As a company that handles interior materials, we aimed to create a booth that could be experienced in three dimensions, including spatial comfort and how it would look in a real space.

"Square JS" is a complex facility owned by the Japan General Housing Life. At Square JS, we are conducting the "Thermo Experiment displays," which uses a thermographic camera to capture and record the differences in insulation properties of living spaces that vary depending on materials and construction methods. While many customers, including apartment management companies, public housing corporations, and local government officials, visit the facility based on the keyword "danchi," it has been difficult to fully understand displays's technical content. Therefore, through this video, we show that the thermal environment of living spaces has improved due to changes in the times, construction methods, and materials, and then provide visitors with a tour of the actual space so that they can smoothly understand the complicated contents of displays. < Video Story >Showa 40s. An inquisitive elementary school student, Gaku learns about the insulation of living spaces from his father, Kiyoshi, the architect of the housing complex, and becomes interested in future research and improved spaces. The space twists and you're transported back to 202 X! Kiyoshi is very excited about the future space. In studies, students learn that the temperature of a living room changes depending on the materials and construction method. When they returned to the Showa period, their mother Keiko had prepared a meal and was waiting for their return. They enjoy a happy family while imagining the future that will one day come to school.

This is a senior residence project targeting active seniors, located within the "HARUMI FLAG" area, a new town born from large-scale urban development. Our company assisted from the basic concept stage and was in charge of the common area planning. Nearby is Harumi Pier, Tokyo's gateway to the sea, where luxury cruise ships from both Japan and abroad call, making it a special place visited by ships from all over the world. Inspired by the characteristics of this area, we concept design the space for "Home Clair," a cultural school established within this property, to resemble a cruise ship. 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 a mechanism that serves as a starting point for activities through "culture," such as a culture wall with records from multiple generations and cultures and a movable stage that can accommodate various activities. In the resident-only lounge called "Clair Lounge," we conceptually incorporated Art Deco concept design used in the 1920s when cruise ship travel was popular, creating a special space where residents can relax while enjoying board games and light refreshments.

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 the renovation of Crossdine, a popular all-day dining restaurant with a buffet located inside Hotel Metropolitan. While maintaining its main concept since its opening, "Cross over dining," an international culinary crossroads by expert chefs specializing in Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisine, we adopted a new concept design concept, "CASA VALLEY," meaning a house with a large roof. The lively open kitchen has been enhanced as a "show kitchen," and the space has been reborn as an open, modern living and dining area with a large roof, centered around the kitchen. The imposing pillars supporting the high ceilings give off a calm, woody warmth. Pendant lights, chandeliers, and brackets hanging from the ceiling emit a warm light, creating a comfortable atmosphere like a home that always welcomes you. To ensure that customers with different purposes and group sizes can comfortably use the space, we have composed it into three styles: DINING AREA, SALON STYLE AREA, and GARDEN LIVING AREA.

Building 15 at Sophia University's Yotsuya Campus opened in the fall of 2022 as a hub for adult education and community exchange, with the keyword "Transforming the city into a forest," aiming to contribute to achieving the SDGs and realizing a decarbonized society, as well as becoming a sustainable landmark for the region. Designed and construction by Sumitomo Forestry, this three-story fire-resistant wooden building utilizes "Kigurumi FR®," an original pure wood fire-resistant laminated timber made from Tama-grown cedar, for its main structural components. The facade, covered with a cross-shaped wooden lattice, is concept design that expresses the founding principles of Sophia University: "diversity," "interaction with others," "truth," and "tradition." The first floor will house a café open to the public, and as part of community contribution activities, space will be provided to nearby neighborhood associations for use as a disaster prevention warehouse. The second and third floors are used as classrooms for the "Professional Studies" course for working adults. Our company was responsible for design, layout, construction of the third floor, which is used as a classroom for the adult education course. Aiming to create a space that fosters wisdom through gathering, learning, and conversation, we also connected the story from the architecture to the materials that make up the space, and concept design using Nishikawa timber (cedar and cypress) from Hannō, which, along with Tama timber, has been used to build the city of Edo.