Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi by Junki Horita-Hakuten is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Sebaka sa Ka Hare le Dipontsho Competition Category.

BoronseKa Hare· 2025

Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi

by Junki Horita-Hakuten

Client: Hakuten

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Ka Hare Category

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The Design

About Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi

Hakuten Kyobashi ke moralo wa kahare ho ofisi o entsoeng bakeng sa k'hamphani ea moralo oa puisano. Sebaka sena se lekana limithara tse ka bang 2,400 tse liparalelogramo mme se sebeletsa basebetsi ba 400 ka mokhoa oa aterese ea mahala. Libaka tse lokolohileng ke tsona tse bopang motheo oa kaboo ea sebaka, 'me thepa e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe e ka tsamaisoa, e e-na le matsoho, bokgoni ba ho hlophisoa 'me e e-na le liparo tse tsamaeang. Boralo ba lehlaka ba kafe bo ka tlosoa karolo ka karolo. Mekhoa ea litshoantsho fatše e sebetsa joalo ka tekanyo bakeng sa liponts'o tse fetohang kamehla. Karolo ea kahare ea mohiri oa pele e ile ea bolokoa 'me ea kopanngoa le mosebetsi o mocha ho fokotsa ho timetsoa ha meaho le ho boloka mohopolo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Hakuten Kyobashi Moralo wa Kahare ho Ofisi e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

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