Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса by Nobuaki Miyashita

Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса by Nobuaki Miyashita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн інтэр'ераў і выставачных прастор Competition Category.

СрэбраІнтэр'ер· 2025

Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса

by Nobuaki Miyashita

Client: Kyoei Steel Ltd.

Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Інтэр'ер Category

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The Design

About Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса

«У абдымках перапрацаванай сталі» (Embraced in Recycled Steel) — гэта офісны інтэр'ер, пабудаваны з перапрацаванай сталі, пастаўленай кампаніяй Kyoei Steel. Вуглавая сталь, арматура і паласавы пракат пакінуты адкрытымі, каб падкрэсліць трываласць і фактуру матэрыялу. Канструкцыйныя элементы, якія звычайна хаваюцца, становяцца эстэтычнымі акцэнтамі. Матывы штрых-кодаў і QR-кодаў праходзяць па аздабленні сцен і лесвічных парэнчах, звязваючы прастору з фірмовым стылем кампаніі. Сталёвыя столевыя жалюзі ўтрымліваюць бясшвовае лінейнае святлодыёднае асвятленне, якое падкрэслівае гэтыя матывы. Інтэр'ер дэманструе патэнцыял паўторна выкарыстаных матэрыялаў у сучаснай працоўнай прасторы.

The Recognition

About the Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award

Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса — пераможца Срэбнай прэміі A' Design Award, надзвычай прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца дызайнам вышэйшага класа, цудоўным і ўражальным. Срэбныя пераможцы — гэта надзвычай бліскучыя і вельмі творчыя працы, якія ілюструюць выдатную кампетэнтнасць, талент і праніклівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса — гэта цудоўная, паказальная праца, надзвычай прафесійная і глыбока інавацыйная. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Срэбную прэмію A' Design Award, — вельмі значнае, вартае захаплення вынаходніцтва, якое прыносіць карысць і пашырае межы мастацтва, навукі, дызайну і тэхналогій. Embraced in Recycled Steel Дызайн інтэр'еру офіса — гэта твор, якому шмат хто зайздросціць, што абуджае жаданні, дорыць пазітыўныя пачуцці і запальвае здзіўленне і захапленне.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This office interior transforms Kyoei Steel’s recycled steel—angle steel, rebars, and flat bars—into a refined architectural expression. Typically hidden elements become aesthetic highlights, emphasizing material strength and texture. Barcode and QR code motifs extend across the space, visually linking to Kyoei Steel’s corporate identity. Lighting enhances these patterns, creating a dynamic interplay between recycled steel, technology, and light.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site Area: 108,045.44 Square meters
Building Area: 1,091.12 Square meters
Total Floor Area: 3,931.89 Square meters
Structure: RC
Number of Floors: 4 above ground
Maximum Height: 19.9 m
Eaves Height: 16.5 m
Floor Height: 3.9 m
Ceiling Height: 2.9 m
Tags: architecture, office, lighting design, recycled steel, sustainable design
Production Technology: The office interior features angle steel, rebars, and flat bars as exposed materials, emphasizing their structural and aesthetic qualities. Barcode motifs, derived from Kyoei Steel’s website, are embedded in wall finishes and stair railings, linking physical space to digital branding. The ceiling’s steel louvers incorporate billet-shaped seamless LED lighting, reinforcing a cohesive design language that blends recycled materials with innovative illumination.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge was redefining recycled steel’s role in architecture beyond its conventional industrial use. Integrating angle steel, rebars, and flat bars as visible elements required precise detailing and innovative finishing techniques. Additionally, balancing material authenticity with a refined aesthetic posed a design challenge. Regulatory constraints, production limitations, and ensuring harmony between raw steel textures and digital motifs, such as barcode patterns, demanded extensive prototyping and iterative design development.
Research: Type of Research: Applied Design Research
Objective: To explore the aesthetic and functional integration of recycled steel in office interiors.
Methodology: Material experimentation, spatial simulations, and lighting analysis.
Data Collection: Prototype testing and digital modeling.
Participants: Architects, engineers, and Kyoei Steel stakeholders.
Results & Insights: The research highlighted the potential of exposed steel as a design element, demonstrating its structural beauty and reinforcing corporate identity. The study advanced sustainable interior design, influencing material reuse practices in industrial architecture.
Inspiration: The design embodies the lifecycle of steel recycling while visually integrating Kyoei Steel’s digital identity. Barcode and QR code patterns, inspired by the company’s website, appear throughout the space, symbolizing the transformation of raw materials into structured design. By exposing and celebrating recycled steel, the project creates a unique spatial narrative, merging industrial heritage with a contemporary digital aesthetic.
Project Duration: The project commenced in early 2022 in Yamaguchi, Japan, with design and planning phases focused on integrating Kyoei Steel’s identity into the architecture. Construction began in mid-2023, aiming to unify office functions while enhancing operational efficiency and employee engagement. The office was completed in early 2024, creating a sustainable workspace that embodies the company’s commitment to steel recycling and innovation.
Operation Flow: The office interior integrates barcode and QR code motifs, linking the space to Kyoei Steel’s corporate identity. These patterns, expressed in wall treatments and stairwell designs, create an interactive experience, guiding movement through the space. The ceiling’s steel louvers diffuse light while reinforcing the visual continuity of barcode-inspired elements. This design transforms an industrial material narrative into a contemporary, high-tech environment.
Patents: N/A
Team Members: N/A
Image Credits: Image #1,#2 : Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita Variations, 2024
Image #3,#4,#5 : Photographer Sato Kenta, Variations, 2024.