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Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Nippon Shinyaku Koku Office Space by Reiichi Ikeda
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Reiichi Ikeda for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Nippon Shinyaku Koku Office Space by Reiichi Ikeda, designed for Nippon Shinyaku Koku. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Nippon Shinyaku Koku Office Space
The designers designed the free address space inside the headquarters of Nippon Shinyaku, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Kyoto Prefecture. It was planned for a corner of a vast site near Nishioji station, where several office buildings stand side by side. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the company's founding, the project began in late 2019. However, it had to be stopped temporarily due to the unprecedented spread of the novel coronavirus. It was finally completed in the summer of 2021.
Award Record
This recognition makes Reiichi Ikeda a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/145492
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145492
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145492
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/326114
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://reiichiikeda.com/?p=1594
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nippon Shinyaku Koku Office Space
- Function
- Office Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Silver, Saddle Brown and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Nippon Shinyaku Koku
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Reiichi Ikeda
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145492
Credits
- Team
- design/REIICHI IKEDA DESIGN Reiichi Ikeda, partner/Aji Architects Tomoko Nagahiro, lighting/Modulex Jun Ikeda, bgm/Espec Junji Ozono, curtain/fabricscape Kiyohiko Yamamoto, green/Bond Satoshi Tanii, art/Tokuhiro Kano, funiture/inter office Akio Hayashi, custom lighting/vaoplace Hirohumi Oba, interactive Satoshi Kamewaka, sign/kantaro Midori Hirota and Constructor/Kanazawa Contruction Hideki Kanazawa and others
- Image Credits
- Photographer：Yoshiro Masuda
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- We designed the free address space inside the headquarters of Nippon Shinyaku, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Kyoto Prefecture. It was planned for a corner of a vast site near Nishioji station, where several office buildings stand side by side. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding, the project began in late 2019. However, it had to be stopped temporarily due to the unprecedented spread of the novel coronavirus. It was finally completed in the summer of 2021.
- Inspiration
- Incorporating the idea of “tuzukima” in Japanese architecture, the steel frames that trace the outline of the fusuma are scattered along the span of the frame beam. It is not just a wall that seeks a function, but an open space that controls consciousness and aims to be "something that gently forms individual areas". I want you to spend your time in a place that fits you.
- Research
- 1.By inserting the same tiles as the outdoor tiles into the interior, the boundary points between the inside and outside are controlled by the design. 2. Based on the traditional Japanese concept of "continued room", we scattered frames that traced the outline of the fusuma. 3. Since all the buildings on the premises are reddish brown, the interior is also affected and the process of dyeing everywhere is expressed.
- Challenge
- While capturing the background of Kyoto, we aimed to create a place that is conscious of connecting the left behind interior to the outside, from the environmental conditions that the building does not face the public road as in the past.
- Realization and Technology
- Main finishing material Floor: mortar base with magnetic tiles, mortar metal trowel holder Walls: PB groundwork AEP, round pillars/mortar metal trowel holder, wall frame/ST assembly baking paint, curtain/lace fabric crease processing Ceiling: Existing slab base AEP Fixtures: Big table/legs/magashiro wood dyed finish, top plate/melamine veneer pasted (K-6305/Aica Kogyo), counter/exposed concrete finish Lighting equipment: Brass custom-made pendant lighting (vao place)
- Operation and Interaction
- First, we increased the boundary between the inside and outside by incorporating diagonal lines ub the form of a V-shape for the glass walls, which previously ran parallel. Then, we made the boundary area between the inside and outside ambiguous by taking the floor tiles, which had originally been designed for an outside environment, and allowing them to overflow into the inside space, even biting into the V-shaped glass walls. What’s more, the process of repeated expansion throughout the company’s long history turned the exterior of the building a reddish-brown.
- Project Duration and Location
- Construction began in Kyoto on April 13, 2021 and was completed on July 27, 2021.
- Specifications
- Area：369.8 square meters
- Keywords
- office, interior, japan, kyoto
