Winner KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2019, KUKAN OF THE YEAR, Nikkei Inc. Award 2019, and other awards

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, for which we helped create the space, won the Gold Award for Museums and Cultural Spaces and the highest award, the KUKAN OF THE YEAR/Nikkei Inc. KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2019 (sponsored by the Japan Space Design Association and the Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association). In addition, the following projects were selected as BEST100 or were selected.

KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is the only and largest spatial award in Japan, which was established with the aim of expanding new possibilities in spatial design by discovering outstanding designs and talented designers and promoting them to the world.

This award is a great encouragement to all involved in creating the space, including our designers. We would also like to thank the client who gave us this opportunity, and everyone who helped us along the way.

Going forward, we will continue to keep in mind the perspective of those who will use the space and work to create rich spaces that can contribute to our customers' businesses.

KUKAN OF THE YEAR / Nikkei Inc. Awards 2019, Museum and Cultural Spaces Gold Award

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Main Building

[Design intent]
The main building was completely renovated and refurbished, with a focus on atomic bombing materials in order to convey the reality of the bombing to future generations. The aim was to evoke memories of the immeasurable devastation through the "perspective of the atomic bombing survivors."
To achieve this, the space is divided into two areas: one where the indiscriminate damage on August 6th ("group") is exhibited as a horrific scene, allowing visitors to relive the path the victims of the bombing took, and the other where the lamentations of each individual victim ("individual") are exhibited, allowing visitors to confront the despair and suffering of each individual.
We hope that this series of landscapes will become a space where the cries of the souls of atomic bomb survivors from all walks of life can resonate in the hearts of people all over the world.

[Employer] Hiroshima City

[Our staff] Project Leader: Akifumi Fujii / Design Direction: Toshitake Tanaka / Planning: Shigenobu Kosugi, Eimi Nishikawa / Design: Satomi Utsumi, Masanori Fukano / Sign Direction: Kenji Takahashi / CG production: Takahiro Shimizu, Tomohiro Hirano / Production, Construction: Katsumi Kato / Project Management: Akira Tanuma

I am deeply moved that my involvement as a designer in this immeasurable event that occurred in Japan has led to such an honorable outcome. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone involved. With 2020 fast approaching, in an era of rapid technological innovation, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has questioned the position and vector that design can achieve, and I am truly grateful that we have been able to devote ourselves to a design that carefully pushes forward the unshakable things that are important to us as human beings. I hope that many people will visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Design Direction: Tanaka Toshitake)

"Conveying the sorrow and suffering of each and every atomic bomb survivor to the next generation." In the four years since I joined the company, I have faced this challenge, working hand in hand with everyone at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and other related parties. I will never forget the emotion I felt when I witnessed so many visitors being moved by the exhibits after the museum opened. In these uncertain times, I have once again realized the great thing that spatial design can do for society. (Design: Utsumi Satomi)

Our Projects

"Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Main Building" - Communicating the "reality of the atomic bombing" to future generations through exhibits centered on actual materials -

BEST100

・Toraya Yokan Design Exhibition

[Employer] Toraya Confectionery Co. Ltd.
[Our staff] Design: Koichi Nakamura, Yukiko Kachi

・Master of the Darkness: Diversity and the Future of Sharks in Suruga Bay

[Employer] Shizuoka Prefecture
[Our staff] Design: Takahiro Ishikawa, Saeko Morikita / Planning: Koichi Shinohara

・MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless

[Business Owner] Mori Building TeamLab Limited Liability Partnership
[Our duties] Design, construction

・Tokyo International Airport, Passenger Terminal 1, 2nd floor, Gate Lounge South and North Side Smoking Rooms

[Employer] Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.
[Our Representative] Design: Yoshifumi Takeda

・Laguna Baycourt Club Hotel & Spa Resort

[Employer] Resort Trust Co., Ltd.
[Our staff] Interior Direction: Junichi Hasumi / Interior design: Junichi Hasumi, Kosuke Ishii, Yuki Hayashino
<Our Projects >
　"Laguna Baycourt Club Hotel & Spa Resort" - An unprecedented futuristic luxury hotel that combines architectural space and interior design created through collaboration from the Architectural Design stage.

Selected

• ・Nissan Motors Yokohama Factory Guest Hall
  [Employer] Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• ・Niconico Chokaigi 2019 "Thank you Heisei! Welcome Reiwa! Niconico Kadokawa Book Fair" booth
  [Employer] KADOKAWA CORPORATION
• ・TORAYA AOYAMA
  [Employer] Toraya Confectionery Co. Ltd.
  <Our Projects >
  　"TORAYA AOYAMA" - A new limited-time store from the long-established "Toraya" with the theme of "Yokan as a companion to sports" -
• ・Seiko Dream Square
  [Employer] Seiko Watch Corporation
  <Our Projects >
  　"Seiko Dream Square" - An experiential hub promoting the Seiko brand from the heart of Ginza to the world
• ・Sumitomo Real Estate Sales Nihonbashi Consulting
  [Business Owner] Sumitomo Real Estate Sales Co., Ltd.
• ・SHIROYAMA HOTEL kagoshima / Lobby Lounge
  [Business Owner] Shiroyama Kanko Co., Ltd.
  <Our Projects >
  　"SHIROYAMA HOTEL Kagoshima" - Creating a lounge that will be the face of the hotel through a complete review of the facility
• ・Fujitsu Laboratories Okada Memorial Library
  [Business owner] Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
  <Our Projects >
  　"Fujitsu Laboratories Okada Memorial Library" ~ A hospitality space that combines digital technology and Japanese culture ~
• ・Asahi Intecc Global Headquarters and R&D Center Innovation Gate
  [Employer] Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.