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The Lab. The world's best research lab
An "intellectual creation hub" that creates new value and disseminates it to the world
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The energy of intellectual creation is expressed with a "whirlpool" motif. The interior is a communication space.
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A glass-walled free space used for workshops and demonstrations of cutting-edge technology.
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The presentation spaces for participants are arranged around the "Uzu"
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A cafe that functions as an event space and serves as a place for social interaction
Photo: TAKUMI HAYASHI
About the Project
| Overview | Located within Grand Front Osaka Knowledge Capital, The Lab. is a "space for intellectual creation" that continuously invites participants from Japan's top companies, research institutes, universities, and creators, exhibits the latest technologies and products, creates new value together with visitors, and disseminates the results to the world. It is a fun and interactive space where anyone, from children to adults, can come into contact with, experience, and talk about cutting-edge technology. |
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| Issues/Themes | To enhance its presence as the core facility of Knowledge Capital, and to design a system and mechanisms for visualizing the activities and processes of participants, as well as a communication space for visitors. |
| Space Solution/Realization | A "whirlpool" was designed as a symbol of the energy of intellectual creation that is born from the gathering of information and people. Presentation spaces for participants were arranged around it. Through careful communication and exhibition design, and sometimes through the mediation of staff known as communicators, communication between participants and visitors was stimulated, creating a space for the creation of new value. |
Basic Information
| Client | Knowledge Capital General Incorporated Association |
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| Services Provided | Design, Layout, Production, Construction |
| Our Team | Direction: Kenji Baba Design, Layout: Junya Takatsuji, Kazunori Komatsu |
| Awards | "DSA Space Design Award 2013" DSA Award Selected for the 47th SDA Award |
| Location | Osaka, Japan |
| Open | May 2013 |
| Website | http://kc-i.jp/facilities/thelab/ |
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*The shared information and details of the project is accurate as of the date they were posted. There may have been unannounced changes at a later date.
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