Works#Kansai

Kurukuru is a public mobility service run by local residents that has been operating provisionally as a means of transportation in Nitto-cho and Daishi-cho, Kawachinagano City, where population decline and an aging population are accelerating after 50 years since the development of residential land. In order to operate the transportation service that supports local mobility with the initiative of local residents, we held a participatory art workshop. Together with members of the art club of a local junior high school and local residents, we held a total of 10 art workshops, "See, Learn, Create," with the aim of reaffirming social issues through art, rediscovering the charm of the town, and fostering a sense of participation in town development among local residents through co-creation.

The fish displays area "SeaZoo" at Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, is celebrating its 30th anniversary and will reopen on July 25, 2024. The concept of the newly completed displays "CUBE" at "SeaZoo" is "Towards an aquarium with more conversation." The aim is to create a new displays style that encourages curiosity, new discoveries, and free thinking by learning together through conversations with creatures and keepers, 20 cube-shaped aquariums, illustrations, and graphic boards.

The Nintendo Museum is a facility that was renovated from Nintendo's Uji Kokura Factory. It features displays of many of Nintendo's products, new play experiences reborn with the latest technology, workshops, cafes, shops, and more, making it a museum where visitors can learn about and experience Nintendo's history and commitment to craftsmanship. Our group worked together as a team to bring together the collective strengths of over 100 members in this project. We were in charge of concept design, planning, and construction while supporting the overall plan from the facility concept. In addition, the group company Seeds Three is in charge of the staff department for the museum operation business, and Nomura Medias is in charge of maintenance and shop tenant operation.

Cacao Tiegokaan visits cacao producing areas and works with cacao farmers to create chocolate from beans without compromise. The interior of the store is decorated with crushed cacao husk, the thin skin of cacao that is discarded during the chocolate manufacturing process. The chocolate carefully made from cacao fruit and the interior of the store, wrapped in cacao husk, resonate with each other, creating a special space where you can experience the charm of cacao with your whole body.

BLUE YARD is a complex store that seamlessly connects three business types: a dining area, a cafe stand, and a record shop, and was born in the food and beverage zone "Baltica 03" in the station building "Innogate Osaka" directly connected to JR Osaka Station. In the dining area, you can enjoy modern American-style cuisine, including meat dishes grilled in a roaster machine, and live performances are occasionally held on the center stage with professional acoustics. There is also a cafe stand and record shop that can be used casually. Although it is a tenant in a station building, it has an area of over 200 tsubo, and the seating layout meets a wide variety of needs in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and the spacious interior with a 4.8m ceiling and a view over the Umeda cityscape provides a comfortable and high-quality entertainment space that combines convenience and a sense of quality. We were in charge of design, layout.

Osaka Station Hotel is a new brand hotel affiliated with Marriott International's "AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION® HOTELS" located on the 1st, 7th, and 29th to 38th floors of JP Tower Osaka, which is directly connected to the west exit of JR Osaka Station. It has 418 rooms. The hotel stands on the site of the original Osaka Station, which opened in 1874, and its brand concept is "THE OSAKA TIME." concept design philosophy of the space is "TIME TRAVEL," which takes you through the memories of the old station and railway throughout the hotel. The introduction to the hotel is based on the red bricks used in the original Osaka Station, and the first floor entrance is made of custom-made glass in the iconic red brick color, and the 29th floor lobby, which attempts a new brickwork expression, is positioned as the beginning of a journey through time and space. As you step further into the hotel, you will find the front lobby, a modern rendition of the manned ticket booths found in old stations, Station Square, a bustling area resembling a waiting plaza at a station, the iconic lobby lounge with its gabled roof of light that brings to life the memories of the original Osaka Station, the all-day dining room reminiscent of the dining car of a luxury train, and a secret bar behind a door marked "Stationmaster's Office" at the end of a dimly lit corridor; this hotel's unique "time-space journey" unfolds before you. Art using railway parts and other materials is also dotted throughout the hotel, integrating space and art to create a place that connects memories of the past to the present and future. We were responsible for design supervision of the entire hotel, as well as concept design and construction of the public and F&B areas.

Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden opened in 1924 as Japan's first public botanical garden, and will celebrate its 100th anniversary on January 1, 2024. To mark the 100th anniversary, the garden has developed a new acorn forest area called "Dongreen Lab" in the garden. The area is a 3,000 square meter area in the center of the garden, where more than 10 types of acorn trees, including konara oak and sawtooth oak, are collected from all over the world. The garden has a bear-shaped "acorn post" that allows children to actually pick up acorns and feel their shape and smell, and a "highlight caption" that allows children to feel the diversity of acorns, allowing them to learn about the ecosystem while touching various types of acorns. The collected acorns will also be used in workshops within the garden and as gifts for the bears at Kyoto City Zoo.

HOKURIKU+ is an information hub for Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui. It is directly connected to the west exit of JR Osaka Station and features a sales space, a standing bar space where you can enjoy local sake and snacks from each prefecture, a tourist information space, and an event space that showcases the seasons. In addition to design, layout planning to construction phases, we were also in charge of the logo and its manual, the carefully crafted store introduction video, and the VMD (visual merchandising) proposal for the first year of opening.

A private park called "AKICHIDE PARK" was opened on a vacant lot in Nagano Shopping Street, Kawachinagano City, Osaka Prefecture, in cooperation with the local community, government and companies, with the aim of restoring the area's former bustle and enriching the lives of each and every citizen. As part of our R&D activities, we agreed with the purpose of this project and participated in the Kawachinagano Station Front Regeneration Conference as a partner company. In preparation for the opening of AKICHIDE PARK, we were actively involved in a wide range of processes, including planning and basic concept, spatial design supervision, sponsorship, and event planning and management cooperation, while also working with other partner companies to revitalize the park even after it opened.

"KAMEOKA VIRTUAL HISTORIA" is a metaverse space that recreates historical and cultural resources such as traditional performing arts, festivals, customs, and nature from all over the city, including cultural assets owned by the Kameoka City Cultural Museum. Participants can experience the history of the region by collecting historical materials scattered throughout the city, set in the streets of Kameoka from the Edo period, including the Kameyama Castle tower and palace, which can no longer be seen today. There is no need to install an app or anything else, and anyone can easily access it from their own device.

As part of vitalization business for the redevelopment of Senri Central Park, we renovated the architecture, interiors, and landscape of the former park management office, and planned a facility that would be thought up and created together with local residents about Senri Central Park. Based on the concept of PLAY 1OOORE SCENES' "three O's" (Open, Ordinary, Organic), our company is involved in the design, layout, construction, and operation of the park vitalization business project "SEN℃," a cafe where visitors can enjoy the unique experience of the park, the mini-shop "PARK LAWSON Senri Store," and the community space "LABO." As part of our efforts with local residents, we held and operated events such as "Find a Color, Make a Color" and "Paint the Whole Building," where we colored the exterior walls of the lab building with colors found in the park, creating value that can only be found here.

Kobe Plant, which began offering tours in 2007, suspended traditional tours in the fall of 2019 and planned to renovate the tour facilities. This renovation transformed the facility into one where children can have fun while deepening their understanding of milk and dairy products, which are familiar to them, and where they can learn about the ingenuity used to ensure food safety and environmentally friendly efforts toward achieving the SDGs. Due to the impact of the spread of COVID-19, online tours were conducted midway through, but in-person tours resumed in March 2024. We were responsible for the total production of the facility, from the concept to the spatial concept design, displays design and production, and various content production.

The Urbannet Midosuji Building is a new 100m-tall building located along Midosuji, Osaka's main street. It is a complex building primarily used for offices, with lively facilities located on the lower floors. Rather than being considered a standalone building, it was conceived as part of "urban development," and by gently connecting the roadside and the indoor space, we were conscious of creating interaction and liveliness in an integrated manner with the town. Furthermore, by providing office space that is suited to new ways of working, we aimed to continue supporting the various activities of a diverse range of people and contribute to the future revitalization of Midosuji and the town.

With the aim of promoting Obayashi Corporation's efforts for the 2025 Japan World Exposition (Osaka-Kansai Expo), we have set up a visitor room in the Expo site office and planned a facility to attend to Obayashi Corporation's stakeholders and guests of the Exposition Association. displays The structure is centered on a circular theater reminiscent of the large roof ring of the World Expo, and the outline of the Expo and explanations and mock-ups of the pavilion of Obayashi Corporation construction are displays around it. displays The fixtures are made of a single wooden tube, and the graphics output by the plotter are displayed using clamps, expressing the "on-site feeling" that makes use of the background of the field office and the "sense of realism" that the Expo is being created in real time at this location, and the plan is to have updatable so that the "now" of the site can be displays. In addition, we displays materials that reused CLT panels used in the demonstration experiment of the large roof ring, graphics with drawing frames as motifs, and the latest construction photos, aiming for a displays space that grows together with the site until the concept design and the World Expo, which brings out the uniqueness of Obayashi Corporation.

LOGI'Q Minamiibaraki, the flagship facility of Tokyu Land Corporation's LOGI'Q brand, will be completed in January 2024 as one of the largest logistics facilities in the Kansai region, and we were responsible for design, layout construction, sign concept design, etc. We designed cafeterias on the first and fourth floors with different concept design themes that characterize the facility. Considering that the first floor area faces the mountainous area, we used plenty of wood and realized a spacious space that takes advantage of the high ceilings, while the fourth floor area is located on the urban and industrial area side, so we finished it with a sharp and modern composition using metal and stone. In addition, we concept design a large, eye-catching logo outdoors and a lounge located at the main entrance, providing a comfortable experience for customers visiting the facility and creating a space that will encourage communication through art and displays.