Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ by Junki Horita-Hakuten is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

BronzIme Ụlọ· 2025

Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ

by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Client: Hakuten

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

10,548

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #162225

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ

Hakuten Kyobashi bụ nhazi ime ụlọ ọrụ e mepụtara maka ụlọ ọrụ nhazi nzikọrịta ozi. Ohere ahụ dị mita kwuru kwuru 2,400, ma na-eje ozi nye ndị ọrụ 400 site na usoro adreesị efu. Oghere efu na-etolite isi akụkụ nke nkewa ohere, ma ihe niile a rụnyere enwere ike ibugharị ya, nwee arọ, ike ịkpọkọta ya elu elu, na wiil na-agbanwe agbanwe. Ihe mgbochi osisi dị n'ala nke ebe kafe ahụ nwere ike ka a wapụta ya iberibe iberi. Ụkpụrụ eserese dị n'ala na-arụ ọrụ dị ka ihe ọtụtụ maka mgbanwe ihe ngosi. Akụkụ nke ime ụlọ onye ọrụ mbụ ka edobere ma jikọta ya na ọrụ ọhụrụ ahụ iji belata mmebi ma chekwaa ncheta.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Hakuten Kyobashi Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Ọrụ na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As a communication design company, at the core of the office zoning are various free spaces that stimulate the imagination of the scene in which they are used, rather than being imposed by the current era. Everything that is placed is movable, and events are held regularly to create a space that continues to change. In terms of the environment, the lean design solves the problems of Japanese office design.
Dimensions & Packaging: 400 employees work in a 2,400 sq. m. space utilizing a free address system.
Tags: office, spacedesign, workspace, movable furniture, reception
Production Technology: All fixtures are movable and have handles and stacking capabilities as well as casters.
The wooden flooring in the cafe zone is removable piece by piece, combining the comfort of a comfortable environment with the advantages of a changeable temporary space.
Graphic patterns are applied to the floor at regular intervals as a scale for changing exhibits.
Design Challenge: Free space is difficult to use if everything is free. We challenged ourselves to create comfortable limitations.
We also decided what to keep from the old office while retaining some of the old tenant space.
We challenged ourselves to remake both the space and the products, not only for environmental friendliness, but also to pass on memories and culture.
Research: In our survey of urban offices, we found that almost all tenants sign a contract for an office with all new space and then tear down all its finishes, demolishing and refinishing the interior twice.
This is a bad business practice and a contractual problem in Japan.
Furthermore, we found that although recently there has been an increase in designs that preserve the existing environment out of environmental considerations, offices are the only area that has not been improved at all.
Inspiration: It is true that today's urban offices are required to be more comfortable and perform better, which is why they are often dismantled from the standard specifications that were cleaned up by the restoration work associated with the contract of the former tenants.
This time, we took over part of the former tenant's interior and took on the challenge of rethinking standard specifications that, while functional, tended to look old and shunned, and integrating them with the new space.
Project Duration: Project starts in spring 2023, construction completed in spring 2024.
Operation Flow: An office task force manages the place, and anyone can easily remake the space.
During the day, dozens of people meet openly in the morning.
In the afternoon, the space is used as an exhibition and cafe space for communication.
At night, it is constantly changing as a bar time, where a different kind of communication occurs.
Team Members: Junki Horita
Shuji Kawaguchi
Takahisa Aoyama
Shunta Fukuyama
Ema Fujiwara
Mako Tamura
Tomoya Nakao
Shoichiro Minami
Wataru Fukusaka
Daisuke Masaki
Yosuke Nakazato
Yukiyoshi Misawa
Tomoya Nakao
Daisuke Takahira
Mina Tsuneoka
Image Credits: Image #1~5: Photographer Daisuke Shima,2024