Works#2023

Hotel Amanek Shinjuku Kabukicho is the ninth building under the Amanek brand, which is based on the concept of "My Hotel Connecting Travel and the City." In addition to the common area of the lobby on the first floor and the restaurant on the basement floor, our company was responsible for everything from proposing and creating the FF&E and concept design for the guest rooms. In proposing concept design for this project, we considered the following three points to be important. 1. Hotel Concept Based on the hotel's keywords of "a place to belong," "relaxation," and "comfort," in terms of hardware, we have created a "Cozy Comfort Hotel" concept, creating a comfortable atmosphere by realizing a compact yet luxurious bathroom space, while the common areas and zoning, which are conscious of a sense of openness, have created a beautiful space that exudes the urban atmosphere unique to the location of Shinjuku Kabukicho. In terms of concept design, the concept is "Design with Local Essence," and numerous elements are sprinkled throughout the hotel, such as the blessings of nature, streetscapes, familiar scenery, traditional crafts, the atmosphere of local industries, and the lifestyle unique to the Shinjuku area. Through these efforts, we have created a space that gives a sense of relaxation and healing while still retaining the local character of Shinjuku Kabukicho, the heart of the entertainment district. 2. Exterior of the building With windows and ribs in the exterior wall material that are high and slit in the vertical direction, the exterior design is conscious of the height appropriate for the Shinjuku area lined with high-rise buildings, aiming for a sense of unity between the exterior and interior, and the vertical lines of the exterior of the building express a modern design. 3. Status of hotels in the Shinjuku area As the area is lined with business hotel chains, there are unique hotels of all sizes, so we will create a relaxing space unique to Amanek while differentiating ourselves from the others. Based on the above three points, we unraveled the history of Shinjuku to explore the charms of this area, and aimed to allow all customers, both domestic and international, whether tourists or business, to enjoy the city of Shinjuku and their travels, and above all, the comfortable space unique to Hotel Amanek. In addition, under the name "Shinjuku Wa Relax," the hotel has created a space that allows you to feel the glittering atmosphere of Shinjuku while also relaxing and soothing the fatigue of your travels. The lobby is a convenient space that can be used for various purposes, such as meeting up with someone or discussing where to go out, as well as when checking in and out and when you return to the hotel.

This project involved relocating and rebuilding the museum that opened in Matsumoto Castle Park in 1948 due to its aging. We were in charge of everything from formulating the basic concept for displays space to design, layout, and construction. The first floor is an open space open to citizens and tourists, and the museum was built as a proactive part of the urban development of Matsumoto City.

In conjunction with the opening of Fukui Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, a dinosaur monument was installed on the rooftop plaza of the new tourist exchange center that will be built at the east exit of Fukui Station. The purpose is to give a strong impression of the ``Dinosaur Kingdom Fukui'', increase awareness of Fukui, and encourage visitors to the city. The dinosaur monument is located in a position that can be seen from the Shinkansen platform and train windows. The "Fukuititan" discovered by the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum expresses Fukui's good child-rearing environment and family love, and the sight of two animals huddled together looks like a heart. In addition, we placed dinosaurs whose fossils were found in Fukui and monuments of popular dinosaurs, and took pictures with them.We also used a device that made it look like dinosaurs would pop out in augmented reality (AR) when you held your smartphone up to them. We have developed it as a fun new attraction that will make you feel as if you have entered a world where there are people.

The hotel name TIAD is taken from the initials of the hotel's concept, "Tomorrow Is Another Day." TIAD is a luxury hotel that provides a comfortable and cheerful environment for its guests, allowing them to experience new value in coexisting with the greenery and nature of Hisaya Odori Park, even though it is located in the city center. TIAD is a proprietary brand of Nippon Ceremony Co., Ltd., which is headquartered in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and mainly handles wedding and funeral services. In partnership with Marriott International, it has become the fourth "Autograph Collection" in Japan. The reception floor has two restaurants, an all-day dining restaurant and a Japanese restaurant, and the guest rooms are the first in Aichi Prefecture, with 150 rooms all over 50 m2 in size, and there are three categories and 14 types of variations. For weddings, the chapel can accommodate up to 120 people seated and has a distinctive open concept design with a ceiling height of 10 m. The hotel also has three banquet halls that can accommodate MICE* demand, and the wellness zone features a lounge, indoor pool, fitness gym, and in-room spa. Our company was responsible for schematic design and design supervision of all of the hotel's FOH (front of house), as well as the construction of some of the bridal-related fixtures and the TIAD Salon. *MICE: An acronym combining the initials of corporate meetings (Meetings), incentive travel by companies, international conferences held by international organizations, groups, academic societies, etc. (Conventions), displays, trade fairs, and events (Exhibition/Event), and is a general term for these business events (Source: Japan National Tourism Organization).

This is a relocation plan due to the deterioration of the Okajima Department Store building. The new location was a commercial facility "KoKori" in the vicinity, and we were in charge of construction management (project management, facility coordination, furniture and fixture manufacturing work), design (architectural design, design administration, equipment design), and construction (architecture/equipment) in this project.

Shizuoka City Museum of History is the city's first comprehensive history museum, with the aim of communicating the historical value and appeal of Shizuoka City, conveying history to citizens in greater depth, and cultivating a love for the hometown in children, under the theme of "Learn about Shizuoka's past, understand the present, and think about the future." Our company was involved from the basic planning stage, and was in charge of displays design and construction of the gallery on the first floor and the permanent displays rooms on the second and third floors.

The first floor of the Panasonic Center Tokyo has been renovated into an experiential displays space where elementary and junior high school students can learn about the environment, think about it, and take action. In this space, we introduce Panasonic's long-term environmental vision "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT," which is an initiative to reduce CO2 emissions, and we aim for each child to find ideas for "ACT" and become a group that takes action on environmental issues. As a place where each child can learn while searching for answers to environmental issues, which have no clear answers, the various shapes scattered throughout the space represent the unfinished shapes that children will create themselves in the future. In addition, by asking questions using four large signs, you can find hints while experiencing game content and hands-on displays. The content is set in familiar households and daily life, so that children can relate to large-scale environmental issues and connect them to their daily actions. In addition, we have devised a way to provide fun and learning using the body that is unique to real space through games that combine analog gimmicks such as "pushing" and "turning" with digital content, and through collaborative work with friends.

While conveying the Panasonic Group's major policy, "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT," to visitors through displays, the exhibition booth embodied this policy through the overall spatial concept design, and created an displays booth that produced as little waste as possible. By considering the environmental impact, using a minimum of building materials and flooring, and using many recycled materials, the carbon footprint was reduced in terms of construction and logistics of the booth, and the group's policy was conveyed to the world. In addition, the symbol signs placed in each area were concept design using products. While providing a place where people could gather as symbols, by composing them out of products, the message was easily conveyed to both visitors and the media.

This is a next-generation entertainment food hall in Kabukicho run by Hamakura Tateki Shoten Seisakusho, the company behind the alley boom, Ebisu Yokocho and Shibuya Yokocho. The approximately 1,000 square meter floor is a food festival district with a total of 10 stores that fuse food, music, and video with the themes of "festivals" and "food from all over the country." From Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu and Okinawa in the south, and neighboring South Korea, we offer local cuisine, B-class gourmet food, rice bowls, noodles, yakitori, gyoza, alcohol, and more, including carefully selected farm-fresh ingredients that show the faces of the producers. "Soul food" is gathering here.

At the beginning of the planning, Akikusa Gakuen approached us to ask about seismic retrofitting of the gymnasium. In conjunction with the seismic retrofitting and the renewal of the gymnasium facade and interiors, the corridor connecting the school building and the gymnasium was requested to be "a bright and clean corridor, not a humid and dark one. We wanted to create a space that the school can leave to future generations." This led to concept design of the corridor space expressing the identity of Akikusa Gakuen. The most important thing in this plan was to create a "space that people will continue to love." Therefore, this time, we created the origin of concept design together with the students in a workshop, and worked on a "progressive concept design" that would create attachment and be passed down. We asked the students to bring in photos that expressed "Akikusa-ness," and extracted the feelings they had put into words in the form of "#〇〇," sublimated them into concept design, and decorated the corridor. By having the students digest concept design as if it were their own and spread it to those around them, we hoped that the "Akikusa-ness" would be passed down from generation to generation and that people would continue to interact with the space with affection.

Taikisha is a world-class global environmental engineering company that contributes to society with advanced technologies related to energy, air, and water. This project is a plan for a communication space aimed at creating open innovation with Taikisha's customers and partner companies. The reception area on the 29th floor of Shinjuku Grand Tower, where the company's headquarters is located, was renovated into a showroom, and our company was responsible for planning, concept design, and digital content production for "TAIKISHA INNOVATION GATE Shinjuku," an entrance for the co-creation of new value that aims to solve the issues of business partners and social problems.

At the "Kadena Roadside Station," you can see the entire Kadena Air Base, the largest US Air Force base in the Far East. This project is a renovation of the "Learning and displays Room" on the third floor of the building, aiming to enrich it as a "place for peace learning" for school trip students and tourists, and a "place for local learning" for local people and children. The contents of displays begin with a prologue that tells us that Kadena Town is truly a "base town" with 82% of the town area being occupied by US military bases, and then trace the history of Kadena Town surrounding the bases from the prewar period when it flourished as the center of economy, culture, and transportation, to the Battle of Okinawa which marked the beginning of the formation of Kadena Air Base, the US military occupation period when the bases continued to expand, the post-reversion period when the burden of the bases continued, and up to the present day, while asking the viewer, "Why are the bases here? Why do they not disappear?" Using the keyword "There's a base in my town," displays unravels the presence of the base from the perspective of "me" and "my family," who have lived next to Kadena Air Base, and features interview footage of people living in Kadena Town and manga commentary featuring "me" and "my family." The displays is designed to help visitors think about life in a base town by displays the noise and smells, and by placing Kadena Air Base on a map to get a sense of its size.

The SC Business Fair is the largest event in the industry, organized by the Japan Shopping Center Association, where shopping center related parties gather together. We also exhibited for three days from January 25th to 27th, 2023. In conjunction with the book "Let's create a happy space. - The hard-working people of NOMURA" published in February 2023, we concept design the booth to be a "happy space" for visitors, with a white base, mirrored walls, books lined up on the fixtures and shelves, and coffee hospitality. A total of approximately 670 people visited our booth over the three days. * "Let's create a happy space. - The hard-working people of NOMURA": A book that introduces the cutting-edge space creation that we have created, from amusement facilities to hotels, museums, and offices, to spaces that evoke people's "happiness."

This is a renovation project for the Global Innovation Center of Amada, a company that boasts one of the world's top market shares in the metal processing technology and sales and development of processing equipment. The brand appeal area, technology displays, communication space, actual equipment displays area, and sales negotiation space were planned based on the "value that Amada brings to the world." This facility allows visitors to experience the "passion for building bonds with customers and manufacturing that contributes to society" that has been passed down since the company's founding, as well as the high level of technological capabilities, and allows them to feel the possibilities for the future that we will walk together with Amada.

This project involved the renovation of Saijoen Matcha Cafe, operated by AIYA, which opened inside Aeon Mall Toyokawa, the first new mall to open in the East Mikawa region of Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture. We were in charge of design, layout, and construction.