Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana by Nobuaki Miyashita

Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana by Nobuaki Miyashita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KalaLoko Hale· 2024

Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana

by Nobuaki Miyashita

Client: Orient Corporation

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana

He ʻoihana nui ʻo ka Kikowaena Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Orico no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka kālepa hoʻolilo me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 110 miliona mea i mālama i ka kāki. ʻO ke kauoha e hoʻōhou a hoʻololi i kā lākou kikowaena hoʻomaʻamaʻa ponoʻī e kū pono me nā waiwai a me nā papahana hou o kēia manawa, a ua palupalu ma hope o ka hana ʻana ma mua o 30 makahiki. No ka hoʻike ʻana i ka hoʻailona ʻoihana o Orico ma nā wahi a pau, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻolālā ma luna o ka hoʻailona ʻike me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka kāki hoʻolilo ma ke ʻano he kikohoʻe. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā lumi hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻewalu, kēlā me kēia me kekahi kumuhana e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā kāki hoʻolilo i hāʻawi ʻia e Orico, e like me ka Gula, ka Palikina, a me ka Kāki ʻEleʻele, e hoʻokō i ka nānā ʻana kūʻokoʻa o kēlā me kēia kāki hoʻolilo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Orico Training Center Keʻena ʻOihana e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: To ensure that trainees can fully experience Orico's identity throughout the space, the design of guest rooms and common areas incorporates partitions that replicate the precisely defined shape of a credit card (including the corner radius and thickness), creating a multi-layered separation. The signage for room numbers and floor information employs the credit card-specific international standard font (Farrington 7B) for its design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 1,143.85 m2
Building area: 758.56 m2
Total floor area: 2,397.59 m2
Number of floors: Basement 1 floor, Ground 4 floors
B1 floor: 126.64 m2
1st floor: 382.21 m2
2nd floor: 434.84 m2
3rd floor: 306.59 m2
4td floor: 306.59 m2
Height: Maximum height 17.75 m
Structure: RC
Tags: Credit card,Accommodation,Training center,Interior design,Japan
Production Technology: The card partition walls are designed to detach from the ceiling and floor, creating a cantilevered structure that makes them appear to float lightly, expressing a dynamism as if countless cards are freely sliding and moving within the space. The ceiling gap also serves to comply with building codes for natural smoke extraction. Lighting uses a 50φ glare-less type to reduce its presence, making the card surfaces vividly stand out.
Design Challenge: We feared that creating complete individual spaces for each of the eight people in a single room would cut off communication. Inspired by the traditional Japanese architectural techniques of Fusuma and Shoji which allow for the presence to be felt while blocking the line of sight in a large room, a partition motif based on credit cards was devised to achieve this.
Research: Research Objective: To innovate the spatial image at low cost while utilizing existing RC structures and facilities such as air conditioning systems. Result: A space filled with identity was completed by reflecting Orico's VI in the design. Impact: It was renovated as a training facility with high employee satisfaction.
Inspiration: Credit cards are typically categorized into ranks such as normal, gold, and platinum, and there are also numerous cards specialized for hobbies like travel and dining. We drew inspiration from the unique worlds each of these individual cards connects to, each differing from the next. We attempted a design that expresses the different worldviews, or infinite universes, that just one card can unfold.
Project Duration: This project was completed in March 2021.
The planned location is situated in a tranquil residential area in Tokyo, adjacent to lush green parks and university campuses.
Operation Flow: Orico's training is planned in a shared room for eight, using card-type partitions in private areas to ensure privacy. In response to COVID-19, Orico has adapted the design to allow the center's use as both a satellite and touch-down office. This included enlarging individual desk spaces, incorporating task lighting, and selecting chairs with casters designed for extended periods of desk work, enhancing both functionality and comfort.
Patents: none
Image Credits: Image #1-#5: Photographer Nobuaki Miyashita, Variations, 2021