Fujitsu Laboratories Okada Memorial Library

A hospitality space that combines digital technology and Japanese culture

  • Business Spaces
  • An impressive Japanese atmosphere with a "tea room" where you can entertain guests with tea ceremonies

    An impressive Japanese atmosphere with a "tea room" where you can entertain guests with tea ceremonies

  • With Japanese elements scattered throughout the space and Video Production using the latest technology, you can experience Japanese culture with all five senses.

    With Japanese elements scattered throughout the space and Video Production using the latest technology, you can experience Japanese culture with all five senses.

  • In order to enjoy the beauty of shadows, one of the Japanese aesthetic senses, the space Spatial Production according to the scene, allowing you to enjoy a tasteful space.

    In order to enjoy the beauty of shadows, one of the Japanese aesthetic senses, the space Spatial Production according to the scene, allowing you to enjoy a tasteful space.

  • Without disrupting the flow of the tea ceremony, the device demonstrates the proper tea ceremony etiquette and subtly prompts the next Spatial Production, using sensing to read the situation and autonomously performing the action with motion graphics.

    Without disrupting the flow of the tea ceremony, the device demonstrates the proper tea ceremony etiquette and subtly prompts the next Spatial Production, using sensing to read the situation and autonomously performing the action with motion graphics.

  • When tea ceremonies are not being held, the space is also used as a meeting place, for example for holding workshops using spatial UI.

    When tea ceremonies are not being held, the space is also used as a meeting place, for example for holding workshops using spatial UI.

  • Fujitsu Laboratories Okada Memorial Library
  • With Japanese elements scattered throughout the space and Video Production using the latest technology, you can experience Japanese culture with all five senses.
  • In order to enjoy the beauty of shadows, one of the Japanese aesthetic senses, the space Spatial Production according to the scene, allowing you to enjoy a tasteful space.
  • Without disrupting the flow of the tea ceremony, the device demonstrates the proper tea ceremony etiquette and subtly prompts the next Spatial Production, using sensing to read the situation and autonomously performing the action with motion graphics.
  • When tea ceremonies are not being held, the space is also used as a meeting place, for example for holding workshops using spatial UI.

Photo: Nacása & Partners Inc., Photo courtesy of Fujitsu Design Ltd.

About the Project

Overview A "hospitality space" where Fujitsu Laboratories invites its business partners. Through the tearoom space, visitors can experience "how Fujitsu Laboratories is a driving force behind the formation and development of Japanese culture while keeping up with the times," and it is also a place for in-house researchers to interact in a different atmosphere to their usual selves, where they can acquire and share new ideas and knowledge. It is a space for communication and co-creation that transcends internal and external boundaries.
Issues/Themes When creating a welcoming space within Fujitsu Laboratories, which conducts research and development of cutting-edge technology, the goal was to create a new form of hospitality that was unique to Fujitsu.
Space Solution/Realization A new teahouse space that combines Japanese culture and ICT has been developed as a welcoming space that is characteristic of Fujitsu to welcome visitors. Using the "Spatial UI (short for User Interface)" technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories that digitizes the entire room, an interactive teahouse space has been created in which Video content tailored to the actions of visitors is projected onto the walls and floor. This has resulted in a multi-purpose space that is characteristic of Fujitsu, combining traditional Japanese culture with cutting-edge technology.
Design for Environment The design took universal design into consideration, including the installation of a ramp and the ability to use the tea room as a "stage" so that people can watch the tea ceremony without having to go up to the raised platform.

Basic Information

Client Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Services Provided Overall Direction, planning, Video content design and production: Fujitsu Design Ltd.
Design, Layout, Production, Construction: Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
Our Team Direction: Kazuki Nomura
Project Management: Hidekazu Araki, Kan Kondo
Design, Layout: Nomura Kazuki
Production, Construction: Yusuke Yamashita, Hiroki Sekino
Awards [KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2019] Selected
Location Kanagawa, Japan
Open October 2018
Website https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/labs/
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