Takeda Global Headquarters ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ by Kashiwa Sato, Nihon Sekkei and Hiroyuki Enomoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ· 2024
Takeda Global Headquarters ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
by Kashiwa Sato, Nihon Sekkei and Hiroyuki Enomoto
Client: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ Category
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About Takeda Global Headquarters ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
Kashiwa Sato ᱫᱚ Takeda Pharmaceutical ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱜᱞᱳᱵᱟᱞ ᱦᱮᱰᱠᱩᱣᱟᱴᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱥᱤᱞ ᱰᱤᱨᱮᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱮ ᱮᱢ ᱞᱮᱫᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱞᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱤᱥᱮᱯᱥᱚᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱦᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱤᱸᱡᱤᱱ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱫᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ, ᱫᱟᱜ, ᱢᱟᱹᱪᱤ, ᱚᱛ, ᱫᱟᱨᱮ, ᱦᱚᱲ, ᱡᱚᱲᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱚᱵᱤᱥᱥᱚᱛ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱤᱨᱟᱹᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱩᱫᱷᱨᱟᱣ ᱟᱹᱫᱷᱩᱱᱤᱠ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱱᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ Takeda ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱛᱮᱫ ᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟᱣᱟᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱟᱱᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱵᱨᱟᱸᱰ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱮ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱫᱼᱟ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱠᱦᱳᱞᱰᱚᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱷᱚᱵᱤᱥᱥᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Takeda Global Headquarters ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Takeda Global Headquarters ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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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