Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Interfaciei Competition Category.

ArgentumInterfacies· 2022

Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi

by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Client: Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Interfacies Category

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The Design

About Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi

Cliens, rogatu prioris Ministerii Railways ad systema rail Iaponiae conservandum ac roborandum fundatus est, generalis societas constructionis est cum multa peritia in agro constructionis ferriviaria actis. Excogitator Takuya Wakizaki, fundator motoris Inc., viam inveniendi systema instituti creavit, quod client ad opes humanas evolvendas aedificavit. Ad consilium argumentum, excogitatoris lineas rail usus est - identitas nucleus clientis. Per consilium, excogitatoris spatium creare nitebatur quod trainees adiuvaret sensum superbiae in opere suo sentire.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Totetsu Training Institute Ratio Modus Inveniendi creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In addition, the design team used rail scrap for the facility’s name sign and portions of the stairs to capture the company's personality with creative aesthetic accents.
Dimensions & Packaging: Facility’s name sign - H174 x W2690
Rail line width - 60mm
Tags: Wayfinding, Signage, Orientation Design, Environmental Design, Graphic
Production Technology: Facility’s name sign - Used rail scrap
Rail line-1 - Steel
Rail line-2 - PVC flooring
Typography - Floor marking film
Design Challenge: Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In other words, the rail-line design becomes a flow line. This line had to run through the building uninterrupted, and safety had to be taken to prevent users from stumbling. Since the rail lines were constructed by connecting the divided parts, severe dimensional accuracy is required. The rail lines' curves, intersections, branches, etc., were very difficult construction.
Research: You can find animals' whereabouts, such as foxes, by following the footprints left on the snow-covered ground.
Many people will have had the experience of walking across the pedestrian crossing only on the white line as a child.
If multiple shapes are drawn on the ground, Hopscotch will start. These unknowingly acquired behavioural habits, which are difficult to prove chemically, can be a hint for designing a wayfinding system. The marks on the floor are great for informing, inducing, and controlling behaviour.
Inspiration: Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd., founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. For the design motif, the design team used rail lines-the core identity of Totetsu Kogyo, which continues to thrive in the rail sector.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2019.
The project finished in December 2021.
Located in Ibaraki, JAPAN.
Operation Flow: Rooms in blind areas or rooms that need to be accessed through narrow corridors are less likely to be recognized by users. With the rail-line design, users can see a destination in blind areas or beyond narrow corridors and change the inactive space into an active one.
Patents: Not applicable
Team Members: Architect - Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Construction - Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Image Credits: All Images: Photographer Takeshi Shinto, 2021