SHOTENKENCHIKU /January
2025/12/26 2026
SHOTENKENCHIKU is monthly magazine of Japanese interior design / store design / commercial architecture
January 2026, SUMMARY
FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
FEATURE ARTICLE 2
SHOWROOM
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FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
Nomura Real Estate Development Group
Head Office
（Page 52)
In August 2025, Nomura Real Estate Group relocated its
headquarters to “BLUE FRONT SHIBAURA,” which opened in
Shibaura, Tokyo. To embody Nomura Real Estate's vision of “Be a
‘Life & Time Developer,’ as never seen before,” the building
features a design that leverages its location and functions that
maximize diversity. Furthermore, to encourage spontaneous
communication among employees, the company developed “UZU
furniture” that allows for flexible layout changes. This proposes a
new approach to office design that flexibly accommodates diverse
work styles.
Designer : NIKKEN SEKKEI + UDS + Tetsuo Kobori Architects
FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
Bay Tech Makuhari Toyo Engineering Head Office
（Page 62)
The office of Toyo Engineering, which conducts plant engineering
operations, relocated to a 30-year-old office building. The design
concept is “BLUE PLANeT,” meaning “planet of coexistence.” It is
a coined term combining the brand color “BLUE,” the core
business “PLANT,” and the initial ‘e’ of engineering. The office
also implements “Activity Based Working,” where workers choose
their workspace based on their activity. To accommodate diverse
work styles, the space features custom-designed, versatile
furniture.
Designer : ITOKI
FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
Kongen Yawataya Isogoro CEVEN LAB
（Page 96)
This office building was planned as part of the “Tenjin Big Bang”
redevelopment project in central Fukuoka. Its goal is to update the
conventional office building type by allocating large shared spaces
for tenant companies on the 2nd to 4th floors and the top floor.
On the third floor, private rooms like meeting rooms are arranged
in clusters at an angle to the structural grid. The spaces between
these clusters provide areas suitable for solo work or open
meetings, creating an environment that balances unobstructed
sightlines with a sense of enclosed tranquility. Additionally, a
tenant café on the second floor seamlessly connects to the
outdoors, while the top floor features a sauna. The goal was to
enhance the value of working together by forming commons
where the activities of different companies overlap.
Designer : sinato
FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
terminal.0 HANEDA
（Page 104)
“terminal.0 HANEDA” is a research and development facility
established to enrich services at Haneda Airport. Its entrance,
where visitors proceed as if guided by lines such as a runway, is
symbolic. Inside, alongside mock-ups of security checkpoints and
lounges, you'll find replicas of departure information boards,
waiting chairs, and airplane seats. The entire space features a
simple to accommodate various proof-of-concept experiments.
This facility, where trial and error can be conducted in an
environment mirroring an actual airport, will likely lead to richer
services not only at Haneda Airport but at airports nationwide.
Designer : TANSEISHA
FEATURE ARTICLE 1
OFFICE ＆CO-CREATION SPACE
[Interview]
Why is “branding” now being emphasized
once again in office design?
（Page 108)
Branding has always been a key element in office design, but
recent office spaces increasingly emphasize this “branding”
aspect. So where does the difference lie from the past, and why is
it needed now? The answer lies in the perspective of how to
enhance employee engagement. Drawing on overseas case
studies by Gensler, this article explores the future of “branding,”
the mindset required of designers, and the methodologies needed.
Interviewee : Daichi Amano / Gensler
FEATURE ARTICLE 2
SHOWROOM
THE FLOW
（Page 116)
NIPPORIKAKO, a pioneer in unit bath manufacturing and a
company that has offered various proposals for bathrooms,
opened a showroom in Osaka. While it is a showroom, it displays
almost no actual unit baths or bathtub samples. Precisely because
visitors cannot actually bathe there, the experience attempts to
replace the uplifting sensation felt during bathing with the mood
elevation that comes from appreciating art, allowing visitors to
vicariously experience bathing through the viewing experience.
Colonnades are inserted into the space, creating a sense of
visibility and concealment where bathtubs and artworks
symbolically emerge.
Designer : Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio
FEATURE ARTICLE 2
SHOWROOM
Rinnai Aoyama
（Page 127)
Rinnai’s showroom, opened in Aoyama, Tokyo. Since the existing
design made it difficult to see inside from the front road, part of
the entrance was renovated into an inner terrace open to the
street. The first floor was designed as a public space, using gray
as the base color and incorporating hard materials to express
Rinnai’s brand image of simplicity, sincerity, and strength. In
contrast, the fourth floor incorporates plaster finishes and brown
wood, creating a space that conveys a sense of appropriate
softness and calm.
Designer : CASE-REAL
FEATURE ARTICLE 2
SHOWROOM
NEW LIGHT POTTERY SHOP
（Page 131)
Located south of the Kasugayama Primeval Forest, this building
houses the shop, office, and factory of the lighting brand “NEW
LIGHT POTTERY.” It was converted from a 27-year-old dental
clinic. On the first floor, the gloss of glazed mosaic tiles pixelates
the distribution of light and shadow. Ascending the grand
staircase, guided by the skylight piercing the tile roof, one
encounters an overwhelming space of light. Bathed in soft
diffused illumination and enveloped by diverse lighting fixtures, the
space features Prouvé sunshutters—originally used in a tropical
house in Cameroon—now fitted with door rollers to serve as
sliding doors to the stairwell.
Designer : ninkipen!
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