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Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem by Shigeru Kubota

Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem by Shigeru Kubota is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Ezüstdíj A' Design Award in Belső tér és kiállítástervezés Competition Category.


EzüstEnteriőr· 2026

Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem

by Shigeru Kubota

Client: Metoa Ginza

Ezüstdíj A' Design Award Winner in Enteriőr Category

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The Design

About Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem

Ez a tér a csúcstechnológia és az emberek találkozására épül. Az üzleti kiállításokon keresztül a technológia és a művészet találkozik, az emberek pedig kapcsolatba kerülnek a bemutatott tárgyakkal. A kávézóban a látogatók egymással kommunikálnak, és közösség születik. Ahogy ezek az egymást átfedő találkozások összefonódnak, tartós emlékeket teremtenek, meleg és kedvező benyomást hagyva a létesítményről. A liftet körülvevő kétrétegű méhsejtpanelek virágszerű mintázatot alkotnak, amikor az egyik réteget 90 fokkal elforgatják, azt az üzenetet közvetítve, hogy a technológia összeköti az embereket egy boldogabb világ megteremtése érdekében.

The Recognition

About the Ezüstdíj A' Design Award

Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem az Ezüstdíj A' Design Award győztese, óriási presztízsű elismerés a csúcskategóriás, lenyűgöző és impozáns dizájnoknak. Az ezüstgyőztesek rendkívül ragyogó és nagyon kreatív művek, amelyek szemléltetik tervezőik kiemelkedő szakértelmét, tehetségét és éleslátását. Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem-tól azt várják, hogy csodálatos, mintaszerű mű legyen, amely figyelemre méltóan professzionális és mélyen innovatív. Ez az Ezüstdíj A' Design Award kitüntetést elnyert dizájn igen figyelemre méltó, csodált találmány, amely szolgálja, és előre viszi a művészet, a tudomány, a dizájn és a technológia határait. Metoa Ginza Elsődleges funkció: Bemutatóterem széles körben irigyelt alkotás, amely felkelti a vágyakat, pozitív érzéseket hoz, és csodálatot és ámulatot gyújt.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Metoa Ginza is Mitsubishi Electric's showroom, designed to showcase its 12 businesses. In order to introduce various technologies from home appliances to space, medical, and infrastructure, in a limited space, we proposed a layout with a community cafe on the first floor and exhibition spaces on the second and third floors, where events are held four times a year to showcase the 12 businesses. The exhibition was designed to be like a gallery, with the concept of Cutting-edge Technology and art.
Dimensions & Packaging
The showroom covers a total area of approximately 900 square meters across three floors. The first floor is primarily dedicated to a cafe area, while the second and third floors are allocated for exhibition spaces.
Tags
Mitsubishi Electric, Event space, 100th anniversary, Corporate exhibition, Communication space, Corporate museum, Corporate brand promotion
Production Technology
In addition to design, we were heavily involved in overall branding from a comprehensive production perspective and worked to raise awareness by unifying the design of the naming, logo design, key visuals, main videos, uniforms, goods, and other elements. We also requested the cafe on the first floor to develop a menu in accordance with Mitsubishi Electric's event and conducted unified event promotions on all floors.
Design Challenge
The huge honeycomb panels surrounding the elevator are double-layered, and when the honeycomb panels on the back side are rotated 90 degrees and stacked, a flower pattern is created, symbolizing the overlap of technology brings happiness to people. The structure piercing through three floors was difficult to realize, but it was completed by dividing the hexagons into parts and connecting them together. The translucent white color shines in the light, brightly expressing people's happiness.
Research
Mitsubishi Electric is involved in various businesses, including home appliances, elevators, space, robotics, medical equipment, and infrastructure. To appeal these businesses, the company went beyond simply displaying its products and incorporated the perspectives of artists to express its technologies as works of art, creating new experiences and positive impressions. Achieving this required understanding and decision-making on the part of the company through research and persuasion.
Inspiration
A place, theme of meeting people, based on the concept of Touch of Advancement. Each business's exhibition brings technology and art to meet people and the cafe brings people to create a community. These are connected and the design conveys the message: technology brings happiness to people. The two-layer honeycomb panels surrounding the elevator create a flower-like pattern when one side is rotated 90 degrees. It messages that technology will come together to create a happier world.
Project Duration
This project began in Tokyo in October 2014 and was completed and opened on March 31, 2016. It closed on August 4, 2025.
Operation Flow
Metoa GINZA is Mitsubishi Electric's showroom with a cafe on the 1st floor and exhibition spaces on the 2nd and 3rd floors, where exhibitions have been changed 4 times a year. Rather than simply displaying products, the showroom collaborates with artists to create an experience that can be enjoyed as art. Over the past 10 years, 6 million people have visited here, which has established itself as a place for new discoveries. After closing, the showroom will tour the country as the event, Metoa.
Team Members
General production Interior design: Shigeru Kubota
General production, VI design, Art direction: Arata Maruyama
General production, Event design: Masato Tanaka
Overall supervision: iPLANET Incorporated
Interior construction: MURAYAMA INC.
Design: WORKTECHT&Co.
Moving logo Opening video production: Norimichi Hirakawa
Interactive Video Production: amana inc.
Opening video production: WOW Inc.
Video system design: Kyoeisha Co., Ltd.
Furniture design and production: HAY hutte design
In-house background music and ELV surround sound: Yosi Horikawa
Technical support and equipment provided: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
PR: TANK Inc.
Printed matter copywriting: Keita Fukasawa

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