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mot. Mitsui Office

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mot. entrance - Keita Yamamoto /Nacasa & Partners
mot. entrance - Keita Yamamoto /Nacasa & Partners

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Innovation
Functionality
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Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Co-Working Space
5.80
6.31
6.09
4.92
5.78
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
7
8
6
7
7
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
5
8
5
4
5.5
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
Coherent, cozy, and elegant design...
6
7
8
5
6.5
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
2
5
3
5
3.75
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
5
7
6
5
5.75
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
6
6
5
5
5.5
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
5
6
6
6
5.75
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
Lovely detailing...
7
7
8
6
7
Designer
Client
Mitsui & Co. / Mitsui Fudosan
Floor area
2300 ㎡
Completion
2020
Social Media
Instagram
Finishes

Background/Concept
“mot.” stands for Mitsui Office for Tomorrow which is a facility and service for tenant workers that develops in the center of the city as “A place to make your “more” to bloom”. In Otemachi One which is a large office complex in Tokyo’s Otemachi, the project's goal is “From WORK to WORK WELLNESS,” and it provides a multipurpose space for activities such as working, dining, taking a break, meeting up with others, and leisure. 

Based on the PATCHWORK concept, we aims to realize WORK WELLNESS through a patchwork of diverse activities, arranged along the axis of working. How to make PATCHWORK We used the following three specific PATCHWORK design methods. First, a patchwork of materials was used to combine different materials and transform the appeal of the same materials by expressing them in different ways. The second patchwork method is one of connecting places, using frames and lines to serve as threads linking diverse places. Thirdly, a patchwork was created to integrate the whole, delivering one space with different designs for different activities, using distinctive ceilings and lightings. This facility consists of the three main areas of Dining, Conference, and Fitness. 

A PATCHWORK space was created by linking together elements from the functions of each area, grouped by activities and design theme: workers will want. mot. Dining This area is used for not only dining but also coworking and events. For this reason, it is gently partitioned on “frames” of diverse activities, such as reading, lounging, meetings, and parties. Emotional elements such as art, greenery, recordings, and lights are incorporated into this “frames”, blending into one together space with diverse activities. The art works also reflect approaches to diverse social topics, from the avant garde to outsider art. mot. Conference.

Expressing diverse color schemes based on the theme of nature, reflecting the WORK WELLNESS approach, we designed this space. Specifically, each rental meeting room is themed on clouds, rain, sunlight through the trees, sunshine, or blue skies, while designs of rooms for brainstorming and other creative activities evoke clouds, connecting the activities in the rooms to their design themes. mot. Fitness 

The design approach to this fitness center close to workplace uses objets d'art, lights, and natural elements for contrasting activities, including physical activities and relaxation of the body and mind. These elements both branch off and intertwine along the unrestrained frames of PATCHWORK. In the gym area, the frame transforms to lines, evoking full size athletic tracks and basketball courts, to inspire athletic activities. The PATCHWORK concept realizes “from WORK to WORK WELLNESS”, advancing a new form for a leased office complex.