Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli by Kashiwa Sato, Nihon Sekkei and Hiroyuki Enomoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Callitic Tlacauhtli ihuan Tlanextilizpan Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
IztacteocuitlatlCallitic· 2024
Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli
by Kashiwa Sato, Nihon Sekkei and Hiroyuki Enomoto
Client: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Callitic Category
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The Design
About Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli
Kashiwa Sato oquimacac netlanechicoliztli para in yancuic calnetechicoli de in yancuic tlatocacalli ipan cemanahuac Takeda Pharmaceutical. Oquichihuac ce nenemi desde in calaquiliztli huan teixnamiquiliztli hasta in tequitlayan, quitlahtoltica ce zazanilli itech yolilistli tlacatl ica chicueyi tlamantli moderno de kanji: yoliztli, atl, tlanextli, tlalli, cuahuitl, macehualmeh, nepilhuiliztli huan moztla, in quinamictia Takeda iyollo, quilpixtica ipan in calnetechicoli espacial. Oquitlanelhuili in compania itacayo, oquichihuac ce lugar campa in tlaixnamictin huelitih monequia in tlachializtli moztlayo.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl
Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Takeda Global Headquarters Tequitlcalli quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Kashiwa Sato offered creative direction for Takeda Pharmaceutical's new global headquarters’ interior design. He created a flow from the entrance and reception to the work area, telling a tale of human life with refined modern icons of eight kanji for life, water, light, soil, tree, people, connections, and future, which represent Takeda's essence, reflecting it in the spatial design. He conveyed the company's brand image, creating a place where stakeholders can share the vision of the future.
- Tags
- office, Japan, wood, icon, lounge, iconic, Japanese
- Production Technology
- The walls are adorned with solid Hinoki wood, which also has medicinal properties. The designer personally tracked the process from logging to noncombustible processing that complied with the Fire Service Act and realized the design after creating multiple mock-ups both at the factory and at the construction site.
- Research
- Kashiwa Sato researches and advocates iconic branding and has succeeded in translating brand images into spatial expressions through graphic design that takes kanji to the extreme of abstraction as an expression of Japanese identity.
- Inspiration
- The spatial concept Sato chose for the entire building is "life force," a reference to Takeda's nature-based origins in medicinal botanical garden research, which contributes to people's health and the future of medicine by creating superior pharmaceutical products. Light, water, and soil nurture trees and support life, while the connections between people create the future. Sato designed the motifs using each of the eight kanji characters.
- Project Duration
- Grand opening in Tokyo in 2018 and completion of the building's 16th floor communication space in 2023.
- Team Members
- Art Director : Ko Ishikawa
Interior Designer : Yoshihiro Saito
Urban Planning and Architect : NIHON SEKKEI, INC.
Constructor : TAKENAKA CORPORATION
Construction Management : Nikken Sekkei Construction Management,Inc.
Project Management : Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. - Image Credits
- All Photos：Photographer / Takumi Ota
VIDEO CREDITS：Film Production / SIGHT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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