Works#2023

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 a renewal project for the Seibu Railway's Toshimaen Station and Ikebukuro Station in conjunction with the opening of Studio Tour Tokyo (Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter), which was built on the site of the former Toshimaen. ■Toshimaen Station Based on the concept of "a station where imagination blends into everyday life," the station building has a simple concept design that resembles a gate connecting the everyday and extraordinary spaces, with added features that allow you to feel the magical world. The pillars on the platform, station signs, vending machines, etc. have been renovated to a red-based design reminiscent of Hogsmeade Station, which leads to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In addition, the glass surface at the top of the facade is used to display see-through LED images that change depending on the time of day and season, creating a floating, magical atmosphere. In addition, as a legacy of Toshimaen, which closed in August 2020, model trains, telephone booth objects, benches, and objects made from wood grown within Toshimaen have been remade to fit a new concept and are now on displays, making the station a beloved destination among local residents. ■ Ikebukuro Station Based on King's Cross Station in London, England, the walls of platforms 1 and 2, where trains to Toshimaen mainly depart and arrive, have been renovated to a brick style, and the station sign has also been renovated to a navy blue color scheme. Based on the concept of "a road to a fantasy world," a magical worldview has been created by applying illustrations of wizards and owls throughout the station, making it a gateway to the magical world.

This exhibition was made possible by the signing of a comprehensive partnership agreement between Special Olympics Nippon and Chukyo University in May 2022. Located in the space of Chukyo University Sports Museum, which pursues the diverse values of physical culture, this special exhibition allows visitors to experience and learn about the appeal of Special Olympics, including the history and characteristics of Special Olympics activities and domestic initiatives. In addition to sports exclusively for people with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics also promotes Unified Sports® in line with the global trend of promoting a "co-existence society" and "social inclusion." It is hoped that this exhibition will lead to the "realization of a society in which diverse people can live."

"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.

This is the design, layout work for the first Philippine store (Manila) of "%ARABICA", a coffee shop brand from Kyoto that has cafes all over the world. Since they have cafes in various countries around the world, they are required to incorporate the elements and culture of the place into the space to create a unique store. This store has a futuristic space that shows the future of Manila, which continues to develop in Asian countries with growing economies. In order to guide customers to the back of the store, a mirrored counter with a three-dimensional curved shape is placed to match the gently curving shape of the long and narrow site. The same material is used for the floor and walls to reflect the entire space, echoing the shape of the counter, creating a futuristic spaceship-like composition that suggests the near future of Manila.

This is the concept design and planning work for the Kuwait store of "%ARABICA", a coffee shop brand from Kyoto. The store is located in a place overlooking the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, the largest stadium in Kuwait, which can accommodate 60,000 people and is used for international competitions. Therefore, we focused on the rare location where the stadium, a landmark that characterizes the surrounding area, can be dynamically viewed directly from inside the store, and reflected this in the spatial concept design. We extracted the three elements that characterize the stadium - the "oval shape" of the exterior, the "membrane roof" that keeps out rain and wind while letting in a moderate amount of natural light, and the "framework" that is lightweight and also serves as a structure - and incorporated them into the space to create an affinity.

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 facility is the first 3D printer store in Japan, the first for general sales and the first for commercial use, and uses Japan's first 3D printer housing construction technology. The purpose is to provide advanced training and relaxation for an extraordinary experience. The operating company is Cascade Tokyo, which provides medical and nursing care services, and uses the development technology of its partner Selenium Disk, the first company in Japan to commercialize 3D printer housing. This time, our company is in charge of creative production using technology, from research, planning, and consulting to concept design, exhibit execution. We aimed to create a treatment space that combines advanced technology and concept design, so that this project will serve as a stepping stone for the development of future treatment centers.

This is a project for a cafe to be installed on the first floor of Menicon's Head Office head office building. As we aimed to create a highly original cafe, our company was in charge of planning the cafe, developing the business format, construction and constructing the store, and building the management system. In addition to a menu of eye-catching deli gelato and aromatic coffee, mini concerts will be held around a piano set up in the center of the cafe area, and a monitor will be set up to show a movie that expresses the facility's concept, making it a place that can be enjoyed with all five senses.

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.

Amu Plaza Nagasaki Shinkan is a new large-scale commercial facility planned to open in November 2023 in conjunction with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen. As the land gateway to Nagasaki, an international tourist city, it will create new liveliness and interaction. We participated in the planning and development phase from the supervision of the architectural plan, and were in charge of the environment of the commercial zone design, layout and construction (in part), following "Nagasaki Kaido Kamome Ichiba".

This is the first urban condominium of "NOT A HOTEL", a villa that can be purchased from 10 nights a year. We were in charge of the interior concept concept design and master plan. The overall supervision was by Kundo Koyama, and the concept was to enjoy "the blank space in life", with eight types of spacious rooms, all over 100 square meters and with a balcony. Each room has a unified yet different concept and concept design.

This was the Kyoto Head Office office concept design project for World Brands Collection Hotels & Resorts Co., Ltd. (Wealth Management Group). We concept design the visitor area as a hospitality area so that it could be easily used as an office for the hotel management company.

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.