"Nihonbashi Toyamakan" won the "Wood City TOKYO Model Architecture Award"

This time, at the 1st "Wood City TOKYO Model Architecture Award" (sponsored by the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government), "Nihonbashi Toyamakan" (client: Toyama Prefecture), for which we were in charge of creating the space, was " Received the Women's Empowerment Award and the Encouragement Award.

The "Wood City TOKYO Model Architecture Award" recognizes innovative and model buildings or wooden spaces that open up new possibilities for the use of wood in Tokyo. It was started this year with the aim of promoting the circulation of forests nationwide and promoting the growth of the forestry and lumber industries.

This time, 1 Grand Prize, 1 Excellence Award, 1 Women's Empowerment Award, and 7 Encouragement Awards were selected. ” (Winners: Toyama Prefecture, NOMURA).

 

"Nihonbashi Toyamakan" is located in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and is a metropolitan area information base that disseminates "Toyama's daily high-quality lifestyle". The challenge was how to express Toyama's uniqueness and how to convey the charm of Toyama. Designers and construction locally select and procure materials for various stages of the process, such as logs, lumber, and processed products from Toyama Prefecture, and transform them into flooring materials, furniture, and decorations using the skills of local craftsmen. It's alive.

Ms. Akiko Yamashita, the director of the displays, has worked as a project leader before the launch of the facility and as the director after the opening. rice field.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who cooperated with us, including our clients.

We will continue to create an environment that attracts customers based on consumer ideas, always working to solve customer problems and requests, and provide optimal spaces, as well as Delight and Passion.

 

*Photo caption
On January 29th, the award ceremony was held at Tokyo Big Sight. From the left: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, Nihonbashi Toyamakan Director Akiko Yamashita, Chairman of the Judging Committee Nobuaki Furuya (Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University)

(reference)
[Introduction of NOMURA, Ltd. achievements: Nihonbashi Toyama Museum]
https://www.nomurakougei.co.jp/achievements/detail/252

[What is the Wood City TOKYO Model Architecture Award]

This award was started this year by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to recognize outstanding buildings and wooden spaces that utilize domestic lumber. In order to stimulate new demand for timber in Tokyo, a major timber consuming area, this award recognizes innovative and model buildings or timber spaces that open up new possibilities for the use of timber.
http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2019/01/17/08_01.html
 

(About this year's award-winning works)
http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2019/01/17/08.html

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