Akita Prefectural Disaster Prevention Learning Center

A comprehensive disaster prevention experience facility with functional Graphic Design on the walls

  • Cultural Spaces
  • A smoke experience corner where posture sensors and sound Spatial Production make the experience even more realistic

    A smoke experience corner where posture sensors and sound Spatial Production make the experience even more realistic

  • A new disaster prevention theater with a 150-inch large screen and seating for 42 people.

    A new disaster prevention theater with a 150-inch large screen and seating for 42 people.

  • An earthquake experience corner where you can experience not only forward and backward, left and right shaking, but also vertical shaking and the shaking of past major earthquakes in conjunction with large-scale Video.

    An earthquake experience corner where you can experience not only forward and backward, left and right shaking, but also vertical shaking and the shaking of past major earthquakes in conjunction with large-scale Video.

  • A fire-fighting experience corner where you can practice firefighting exercises with powerful Video on a large screen

    A fire-fighting experience corner where you can practice firefighting exercises with powerful Video on a large screen

  • Akita Prefectural Disaster Prevention Learning Center
  • A new disaster prevention theater with a 150-inch large screen and seating for 42 people.
  • An earthquake experience corner where you can experience not only forward and backward, left and right shaking, but also vertical shaking and the shaking of past major earthquakes in conjunction with large-scale Video.
  • A fire-fighting experience corner where you can practice firefighting exercises with powerful Video on a large screen

Photo: Puzzle Ring Co., Ltd.

About the Project

Overview The "simulation experience facility" attached to the fire academy in Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, has reopened as the "Disaster Prevention Learning Center." The facility is the first in the prefecture to introduce a "disaster prevention theater" aimed at raising disaster prevention awareness, and an "earthquake experience corner" where equipment at your feet moves in sync with the movements of Video on the screen. In addition, the facility has been reborn as a comprehensive disaster prevention experience facility, with the existing experience facilities improved, including a fire extinguishing experience and a smoke experience.
Issues/Themes The goal is to balance the development of hardware, such as ensuring spatial capacity to accommodate the increasing number of group tours by elementary school students and introducing the latest disaster prevention experience equipment, with software, such as improving the appeal of information on "the reality of disasters" and "the importance of preparation," including a "postulated Akita offshore earthquake," within the existing limited space.
Space Solution/Realization A simple layout plan allows us to add new experience elements to the existing space, which had limitations, and increase capacity. A highly visible Graphic Design that makes extensive use of the wall space allows for clear and easy-to-understand zoning and improves information transmission. A monotone color scheme is used as the base, with a golden yellow color that evokes Akita as an accent, creating a sense of contrast and depth in the space, creating a light and bright experience facility that is friendly to a wide range of users.

Basic Information

Client Akita Prefecture
Services Provided Design, Layout, Production, Construction
Project Leads at Tanseisha Direction, Design, Layout: Atsushi Takayanagi
Awards "48th SDA Award" Tohoku Region Award
Location Akita Prefecture
Opening Date March, 2014
Website http://www.pref.akita.lg.jp/www/contents/1391647468758/index.html
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