The Kadokawa Musashino Museum, for which we helped create the space, won the Museum and Cultural Spaces Silver Award at KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2021 (sponsored by the Japan Space Design Association and the Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association). In addition, the following cases were selected for the Shortlist and Longlist.
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 our clients for giving 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.
Museums and Cultural Spaces Silver Award
"Kadokawa Musashino Museum"
Photo: Forward Stroke inc.
[Design intent]
Edit Town's Book Street is a "book town" where you can feel the breath and bustle of books. As you walk down the street lined with bookshelves that overlap fluidly like staggered shelves, you will be drawn to interesting titles, and you will want to pick up a book and read it one after another. At the Bookshelf Theater, a projection mapping with the theme of "playing with books and interacting with books" is shown in a space surrounded by giant bookshelves. It is a space where you can encounter new books and create new associations.
[Location] Tokorozawa City, Saitama
[Sponsor] Kadokawa Foundation
[Overall Supervision] Seigo Matsuoka
[Bookshelf design] Kengo Kuma & Associates
[Our staff] Interior design: Noriko Watabiki, Noriaki Kuroda, Naoki Otake, Katsumi Kato
Shortlist
"SWEETS BANK"
[Location] Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka
[Business owner] Shunkado Co., Ltd.
[Our staff] Direction: Keisuke Yamamoto / Design: Naoki Yasumoto / Produce: Satoshi Maie
<Our Projects >
"SWEETS BANK" - A cultural value creation center that will symbolize the "Unagi Pie" concept of "family gathering" and become a symbol of the region.
"Sumida Aquarium Big Petri Dish"
[Location] Sumida Ward, Tokyo
[Employer] ORIX Real Estate Corporation
[Our staff] Produce Ryotaro Ishibashi / Designed by Kaito Yoshida and Hiroaki Tachibana
"Wako Watch & Jewelry Square"
[Location] Chuo-Chuo City, Tokyo
[Employer] Seiko Holdings Corporation, WAKO Co., Ltd.
[Our staff] Design: Taisuke Uegakiuchi / Planning and design supervision: Koichi Nakamura, Yasushi Inose / Execution Design: Atsuki Miyamoto, Nobuhito Tsuruoka / Planning: Shun Inagaki, Yasuhiro Yoshida
"Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokuku"
[Location] Taito Ward, Tokyo
[Business Owner] NIPPON VIEW HOTEL Co.,Ltd.
[Our staff] Design: Taisuke Uegakiuchi / Planning and design supervision: Miwa Tachikawa
"Kumamoto Castle Keep"
[Location] Kumamoto/ Kumamoto City
[Employer] Kumamoto City
[Our staff] Design: Kazunori Morohoshi, Miwa Izawa, Hiroshi Nakai / Planning: Haruhiro Tateishi, Jun Yamada, TANSEI Research Institute Tatsuro Shiota, Hanako Yoshiya
*Applicant: Nomura and Tansei Specified Business Consignment Joint Venture
Longlist
- ・"Daito Trust Construction ROOFLAG Rental Housing Future Exhibition Hall"
[Employer] Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. - ・"Kurasuwa Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi Store"
[Employer] Yomeishu Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - ・"Wako Bridal Boutique Ginza"
[Employer] Seiko Holdings Corporation, WAKO Co., Ltd. - ・"Kawasui Kawasaki Aquarium"
[Business Owner] Kawasaki Aquarium (Joint) - ・『TOYOTA OKAYAMA DA NANG』
[Employer] TOYOTA OKAYAMA DA NANG Co., Ltd. - ・"National Ainu Museum"
[Project owner] Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan The Foundation for Ainu Culture
<Our Projects >
"National Ainu Museum" - Japan's first and northernmost national museum focusing on the history and culture of the indigenous Ainu people, and the core facility of the Symbolic Space for Ethnic Coexistence (nicknamed "Upopoy"). - ・"Hitachi Civic Center Science Museum Sacrier"
[Employer] Hitachi City
KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is the only and largest space award in Japan, established in 2019 by merging the design awards previously held by the Japan Commercial Design Association (JCD) and the Japan Design Space Association (DSA). It aims to convey the "power of spatial design" by regularly presenting excellent designs from Japan and raising their recognition and value on a global scale.
KUKAN DESIGN AWARD
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