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Bitkey Office

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Lounge - Hideki Makiguchi
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JURY VOTES
Small Office
4.68
5.72
4.74
4.17
4.83
Rahul Bansal
Rahul Bansal Architect at group dca
6.37
6.24
6.88
5
6.12
Lara Francis El Hani
Lara Francis El Hani Senior Manager Interior Design – Head of Department at Kling Consult
5.86
5.62
5.78
5
5.57
Vineeta Singhania Sharma
Vineeta Singhania Sharma Founder at Confluence
4.05
4.24
4.53
4.15
4.24
Anette Skeie
Anette Skeie Head of Design at Norco Interior
5.5
6.2
6
5
5.68
Mireia Luzarraga
Mireia Luzarraga Cofounder at TAKK
4.29
5.35
4.5
4.22
4.59
Javier Guzman
Javier Guzman Cofounder at Zooco Estudio
5.3
5.7
4.1
4.5
4.9
Leali Ezzat
Leali Ezzat Founder and Design Director at ELE Interior
5.78
5.78
6.02
5
5.65
Alex Mok
Alex Mok Cofounder at Linehouse
7
7
7
5
6.5
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
5.5
6.5
7
6
6.25
Shamsudin Kerimov
Shamsudin Kerimov Founder at Kerimov Architects
4.63
4.24
4.44
5
4.58
Allen Zhou
Allen Zhou Founder at Shengtang Shijia Design Studio
5.4
5.64
5.56
5.81
5.6
Lori Ferriss
Lori Ferriss Executive Director at Built Buildings Lab
4.15
6.31
5
3.9
4.84
Arianna Bavuso
Arianna Bavuso Cofounder at AB+AC Architects
6
6.5
8
6.5
6.75
Louisa Fan
Louisa Fan Director of Design Luxury and Lifestyle Brand at IHG ® Hotels & Resorts
4.6
5
4.4
4.5
4.63
Ziwei Guo
Ziwei Guo Founder and Director at Pure Design
5
5
5
5
5
Yang Yan
Yang Yan Founder and Chief Architect at y.ad studio
5.5
5
5.5
5
5.25
Jukka Halminen
Jukka Halminen Founder and Creative Director at Design Office Koko3
5.37
5.18
5.83
5.65
5.51
Designer
Client
Bitkey
Floor area
2459 ㎡
Completion
2021
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Furniture
Furniture
Furniture

Bitkey Inc., headquartered in Tokyo’s Kyobashi district, is the provider of the Bitkey platform, a unique digital key technology based on autonomous distributed systems. The design is informed by the Bitkey logo, which expresses an infinite world through the combination of simple triangular shapes. This concept is echoed both in graphic design and furniture for the project. 

In addition, by stacking transparent logo-pattern graphics within the office, a structure of infinite patterns is created within which people can move freely. This layering is a spatial expression of Bitkey's crossover workstyle, in which overlapping work responsibilities encourage innovation. The office project is the starting point for a concurrent project using Bitkey's technology in the digital transformation of the entire building. The office design is intended to promote a constant awareness of Bitkey's services at every point within the space. Large curtains hung along circulation routes reflect the intent and colors of Bitkey’s products, enhancing brand image and enabling a varied use of space with comfortable transitions between zones. 

The distinctive communication lounge incorporates company culture throughout its design, serving as a place to share Bitkey’s central message of connection. An in-house technology work hub in the office eliminates divisions between teams and encourages collaboration. Tenant areas of the building are seamlessly connected to the shared entrance. From the entrance, visitors can move to the elevator and conference room for scheduled meetings solely using facial recognition technology. Similarly, employees move through the building using facial recognition and mobile FeliCa, a contactless communication platform for cell phones. The Bitkey office has a free-address system, with various types of seating available for use and bookable via a smartphone app. These include 29 solo work booths and 6 four-person work booths. 

In addition, information on the location of employees in the office, congestion levels in each area, and conference-room use is presented visually on tablets and monitors inside the office. The office is also equipped with a product development lab, where the development team creates products in close collaboration with the sales and support teams. Early-stage prototypes are installed in the office space, turning it into a “live” showroom for the company’s own constantly-evolving technology