We are pleased to announce that Toshima City Tokiwa-so Manga Museum, for which we helped create the space, received the Display Industry Special Award (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award) at the 40th Display Industry Award (2021) (sponsored by the Japan Display Association). In addition, the following projects received the Excellence Award and Encouragement Award.
This award is a well-known honor in the industry, and is given to those who have contributed to the promotion of the display industry. We would like to express our gratitude to our customers who gave us this opportunity, as well as to 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.
Display Industry Special Award (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award)
"Toshima City Tokiwaso Manga Museum"
Photo: Forward Stroke inc.
[Location] Tokyo
[Employer] Toshima City
[Production] Watanabe Construction Co., Ltd., Tansei Research Institute Co., Ltd., Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
Tokiwa-so is a legendary wooden apartment building where great manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, gathered and spent their youthful days. It was demolished in 1982 due to deterioration, but due to the strong desire of many people, including local residents, it was revived as a manga museum.
Since no blueprints for the building remain, we proceeded with the design based on Research & Analysis, but there were many issues that had to be overcome as a modern public building. Despite that, we were particular about recreating the atmosphere and feeling that recalls the thoughts and stories of the manga artists of the time, such as giving the building a wooden texture and deliberately making the stairs creak, in contrast to the steel-framed building required by law. At the same time, we reevaluated the historical significance and cultural value of Tokiwa-so, including the special exhibition room and the multi-purpose manga lounge, and also equipped it with various functional rooms that serve as an information dissemination center to convey the passion and energy of the past to people today, and as a base for activities to revitalize the local area. The new building is not just a tribute to the past, but a future-oriented facility that is new yet nostalgic, old-fashioned yet brilliant.
Although the museum opened during the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that it will become even more popular as a facility that aims to preserve and develop local culture centered around manga and anime. (Total Direcion: Tsuyoshi Kato)
Our Projects
Display Industry Excellence Award (Minister's Secretariat Trade and Industry Industry, Commerce and Services Councilor's Award)
"Kadokawa Musashino Museum"
[Location] Saitama Prefecture
[Sponsor] Kadokawa Foundation
[Production] Seigo Matsuoka Office, Kengo Kuma & Associates, Hyakken, Kume Design, Tohokushinsha, Omnibus Japan, Kajima Construction, Tanseisha
Display Industry Encouragement Award (Japan Display Industry Association Award)
"National Ainu Museum"
[Location] Hokkaido
[Project owner] Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
[Production] Nitten Co., Ltd., Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
Our Projects
"Roadside Station "Nagaoka Fireworks Museum" Nagaoka Fireworks Museum"
[Location] Niigata Prefecture
[Employer] Nagaoka City
[Production] Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
"Yamba Tenmei Mudflow Museum"
[Location] Gunma Prefecture
[Employer] Naganohara Town
[Production] Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
"Shinjuku Gyoen Information Center"
[Location] Tokyo
[Employer] Ministry of the Environment
[Production] Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
"eXeField AKIBA"
[Location] Tokyo
[Employer] NTT e-Sports Corporation
[Production] NTT e-Sports Corporation, Ltd., Azusa Design Co., Ltd., Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
Our Projects
"eXeField Akiba" - A spatial platform that connects people and regions through "ICT x eSports"
"SWEETS BANK"
[Location] Shizuoka Prefecture
[Business owner] Shunkado Co., Ltd.
[Production] Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
Our Projects
"In order to contribute to the improvement of lifestyles and culture and to the development of the national landscape through displays, we aim to promote the display industry and raise social awareness by awarding outstanding display works and publicizing the results.
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