Lyonesse Pictures, a video production company specializing in the drama and film genres, teams up with people from various industries with different roles to create a single project.What is unique about their work style is that the type of industry and the number of people involved all change from project to project, so we considered what kind of space would be best for them.

The new Lyonesse Pictures office is located on the top floor of a small 50-year-old tenant building in central Tokyo, and we planned a highly transparent space that integrates the entire floor by taking advantage of the natural light coming in through the large three windows.

Set against a neutral backdrop utilizing existing structures, each space is carefully designed with a selection of saturated and pastel colors — ranging from bright pink to baby blue and dark green. By controlling materials and colors, and "adding color" to different substrates, different materials and objects combine to form the overall atmosphere, creating an interior design that is conscious of visual flow.

Lyonesse Pictures needed a space that would encourage communication. We devised a zoning layout using colored furniture and different types of transparent curtains to create soft boundaries, allowing light to pass through a room while gently blocking the line of sight from outside.

By adding color, a sort of boundary could be created around the furniture, making it possible to softly divide one connected space where people, things, and functions intermingle naturally. The furniture is movable, so it can be changed freely to widen or narrow the space according to who is using it and how it is used at the time.

When night falls, the interior lighting — fitted generously at the base of curtains and columns — transforms the office into an entirely new atmosphere, where colors and shadows deepen as warm-toned reflections flood the different rooms with a feeling of intimacy, focus, and calm.

The space is constructed by actively employing reusable natural materials such as tile, metal, and linoleum, and by incorporating the building's existing materials, structure, location, and surrounding environment as components of the space, we effectively added something new and assembled the space with a minimal manipulation of 'adding color'.

The new, the old, and the many different material textures are combined in a seemingly flat and clean place, all coming together to create an atmosphere that is unique to this place. By doing so, we can enhance the value of the old building itself and create a functional and sustainable space for the next generation.