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Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Sølv in Grensesnitt-, Interaksjons- og Brukeropplevelsedesign Competition Category.


SølvGrensesnitt· 2022

Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem

by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Client: Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Grensesnitt Category

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The Design

About Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem

Oppdragsgiveren, grunnlagt på forespørsel fra det tidligere jernbanedepartementet for å vedlikeholde og forsterke Japans jernbanesystem, er et generelt byggefirma med vidtrekkende ekspertise innen jernbanerelatert konstruksjon. Designeren Takuya Wakizaki, grunnleggeren av MOTIVE Inc., laget et veifinningssystem for instituttet, som kunden bygget for å utvikle menneskelige ressurser. For designmotivet brukte designeren jernbanelinjer - kjerneidentiteten til klienten. Gjennom designet forsøkte designeren å skape et rom som ville hjelpe traineer å føle en følelse av stolthet over arbeidet sitt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Totetsu Training Institute Veifinningssystem er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

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

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