Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari by Junki Horita-Hakuten is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

ParahiRoto Whare· 2025

Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari

by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Client: Hakuten

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari

Ko Hakuten Kyobashi tētahi hoahoa roto tari i hangaia mō tētahi kamupene hoahoa whakawhitiwhiti kōrero. Ko te rahi o te wāhi he 2,400 mita tapawhā, e mahi ana mō ngā kaimahi 400 mā roto i tētahi pūnaha wāhi kore-tautuhi. Ko ngā wāhi wātea te iho o te whakarōpūtanga, ā, ka taea te neke o ia taputapu, he ngutuwhare tō rātou, he āhei ki te whakapaparanga me ngā wira hikoi. Ka taea te tango takitahi i ngā papa rākau o te rohe kawhe. Ko ngā tauira whakaahua kei runga i te papa hei ine mō te whakarerekētanga o ngā whakaaturanga. I pupurihia tētahi wāhanga o te roto tari o te kaipupuri whare o mua, ā, i hono ki te mahi hou hei whakaiti i te wāwāhi me te tiaki i ngā maharatanga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Hakuten Kyobashi Te Hoahoa Roto Tari i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

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