Grand Front Osaka UMEKITA FLOOR

An "adult hangout spot" where you can "hop" from one stall to another in a food stall-like atmosphere

  • Commercial Spaces
  • Blurring the boundaries between the common areas and the seating areas for tenants creates a lively and unified atmosphere throughout the entire floor.

    Blurring the boundaries between the common areas and the seating areas for tenants creates a lively and unified atmosphere throughout the entire floor.

  • When you arrive at the floor, the unique worldview of UMEKITA FLOOR unfolds before your eyes.

    When you arrive at the floor, the unique worldview of UMEKITA FLOOR unfolds before your eyes.

  • Downtown area surrounded by Junjiro Hayashi's artwork

    Downtown area surrounded by Junjiro Hayashi's artwork

  • The world area seen through the atrium

    The world area seen through the atrium

  • Grand Front Osaka UMEKITA FLOOR
  • When you arrive at the floor, the unique worldview of UMEKITA FLOOR unfolds before your eyes.
  • Downtown area surrounded by Junjiro Hayashi's artwork
  • The world area seen through the atrium

Photo: TAKUMI HAYASHI

About the Project

Overview UMEKITA FLOOR is a food and beverage floor located on the 6th floor of the North Building of Grand Front Osaka, Produce by Potomac/Kansashi, who is well versed in Kansai culture and food and beverage. With 16 restaurants lined up, it is a popular "adult hangout" where food and fun intersect, where you can "hop" from one to the other as if you were at a food stall. At the tables and chairs placed throughout the common area corridors, you can freely enjoy the food and drinks you ordered from each store, and it is a lively place where the bustle of people overflows from the stores to the corridors.
Issues/Themes Despite the fact that it is difficult to attract customers to the food and beverage floor in the North Building, far from the station, the goal was to create a lively space that expresses a "non-conformity" not found in nearby facilities.
Space Solution/Realization In order to embody this "unorthodox" feeling, the producer requested that the facility bring a "germ feel" of the city into the sterile commercial facility. The design team (Interium + Tanseisha) interpreted this "germ feel" by applying a moderate sense of use and aging processing to the entire building and even the finest details. They Spatial Production for a space with a "street feel" that evokes the hustle and bustle of the city.

Basic Information

Client Hankyu Railway Co., Ltd., MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD., etc.
Services Provided Design, Layout (Intellium Co., Ltd., Tanseisha Co., Ltd.), design supervision, Production, Construction (partial interior)
Our Team Direction: Akio Haoka
Design, Layout: Hisashi Oyama, Taro Kunabe
Awards Selected for the "DSA Space Design Award 2014"
Location Osaka, Japan
Open April 2013
Website http://umekita-floor.jp/
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