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The Campus Connection Floor

Kokuyo

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Cultivate Floor 1 Inside the 40-year-old architecture with unique we inserted a simple mass, from which various sized volumes are carved out to create inviting nooks for people to gather.  Our aim was to provide an environment where management and employees can connect on a deeper level and envision the future of the company together while respecting the company’s history and highlighting the contrast between the old and the new. - Nacása & Partners Inc. Keita Yamamoto
Cultivate Floor 2 The outside of the volume is an open and diverse space - Nacása & Partners Inc. Keita Yamamoto
Cultivate Floor 3 The passage carved out of the volume clearly expresses the concept of space. - Nacása & Partners Inc. Keita Yamamoto
Cultivate Floor 1 Inside the 40-year-old architecture with unique we inserted a simple mass, from which various sized volumes are carved out to create inviting nooks for people to gather.  Our aim was to provide an environment where management and employees can connect on a deeper level and envision the future of the company together while respecting the company’s history and highlighting the contrast between the old and the new. - Nacása & Partners Inc. Keita Yamamoto

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JURY VOTES
Large Office
5.94
6.53
6.16
5.81
6.11
Dennis Vlietinck
Dennis Vlietinck Head of Design at Wink
6
6.5
7
6
6.38
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann
Anne-Rachel Schiffmann Director of Interior Architecture at Snøhetta
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6
6
6
6
Deepak Jawahar
Deepak Jawahar Cofounder at The Architecture Story
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7
6
6
6.25
Farid Ziani
Farid Ziani Partner Architect Designer at KTX archiLAB
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5
4.5
5
4.63
Asif Din
Asif Din Sustainability Director at Perkins&Will
5
6
5
5
5.25
Nicolas Delefosse
Nicolas Delefosse Founder and Creative Director at NDDO
Very different ambiances with few m...
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7
8
7.5
7.38
Sontaya Bluangtook
Sontaya Bluangtook Associate Design Director at UNStudio
5.75
6
5.75
5.5
5.75
Gilbert Khalil
Gilbert Khalil Director of Design and Technical Services at Sunset Hospitality Group
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7
6
6
6.25
Jocelyne Sacre
Jocelyne Sacre Design Strategist at Consultant
I like this project, but I am disap...
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7.5
6.5
6
6.5
Cathy Figueiredo
Cathy Figueiredo Cofounder at Wanna
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7
6
5
6
Giovanni Zaccariello
Giovanni Zaccariello SVP Global Visual Experience  at Coach
7
6
7
6
6.5
Lisa Adams
Lisa Adams Director of CitizenHKS & Sustainable Design Leader at HKS
6.75
8
6.75
5.5
6.75
Klein Dai
Klein Dai CEO at Algebraist Brand Management
6
7
6
6
6.25
Baoyu Tian
Baoyu Tian General Manager at Foshan Shengtianjia Lighting Equipment
5.5
6
6
5.5
5.75
Liqun Lin
Liqun Lin Executive Director at Xiamen Wenqu Decoration Design
6
6
6
6
6
Bangsheng Yang
Bangsheng Yang Founder at Yang & Associates Group
6
6.5
6
6
6.13
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Client
KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.
Floor area
1650 ㎡
Completion
2022

While a growing number of hybrid work styles, induced by social changes, no longer limit where you work, we wanted to update the role of office to a place that accelerates creativity and connect people on a deeper level. To this end, we focused on the various ways people interact, and aimed to provide an environment that accelerates the transition to new work experiences.

We assigned a theme for each of the 3 floors – “cultivate”, “create”, and “inspire” - applying different optimal approaches for connection and provided suitable spaces and technologies that help connect management with jobsites, corporate vision with businesses, and businesses with end-users. Each floor employs different design code that signifies the goal image.

-Cultivate Floor-
Inside the 40-year-old architecture with unique we inserted a simple mass, from which various sized volumes are carved out to create inviting nooks for people to gather. Our aim was to provide an environment where management and employees can connect on a deeper level and envision the future of the company together while respecting the company’s history and highlighting the contrast between the old and the new.

- Create Floor-
We divided the space into equal grids and aligned mobile pipe-frame furniture to create flexible project booths. The cross-shaped lamps can be individually operated as a sign indicating the status of each project. Project teams on this floor are to interact and grow together through friendly rivalries. The space encourages interdepartmental connection as a nurturing ground for business growth.

- Inspire Floor-
Plain white walls with random cut-outs loosely partition the floor. The cut-out openings look like doors, windows, or viewfinders framing the activities beyond the walls. Framed scenes inspire new ideas for development or promotion that enforce the connection with end-users.