1993-1995 project list RAY index	1 Act City Hamamatsu Urayasu Brighton Hotel Kusatsu Yubatake Park Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters Hisago Tokyo Headquarters
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Act City Hamamatsu Zone A Architect: Nihon Sekkei, Inc. Construction Completed: October 1994		.
		1995 IIDA / Award of Merit
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Act City Hamamatsu with an area of 230,000 square meters extending from the front of JR Hamamatsu Station, is the largest urban redevelopment project in the Tokai region. Based on a vision of Hamamatsu as an "international convention city" and a "musical culture city," halls, hotels, offices, commercial spaces, an exhibition event hall, a musical instrument museum, and an educational training center were built in four zones, labeled A-D. Zone A, located closest to the station and consisting of a grand hall and congress center, required an outdoor lighting arrangement that would bring the flow of people from the station to the other three zones. Illumination of the basement floor's sunken garden and the roof garden are the core of a meticulous lighting arrangement -- including illumination of the balconies -- which creates a charming town-like atmosphere.
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Urayasu Brighton Hotel Architect: Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Construction Completed: July 1993		photo (C) MURAZUMI, Souichi.
The lighting in the lobby which features a 17m diameter glass dome was designed to keep a balance between the natural light and the artificial light. The natural light creates warm feeling during the day while becoming bluish at dusk. This darker color gives the surrounding area a quality of sadness. An artificial sky with an evening glow was created in the lobby to raise the guests' expectation of the dinner they are going to enjoy. In addition, there are 60,000-hour-life electrode-less discharge lamps, fluorescent lamps with light orange filters, upper light of halogen lamps fixed inside the glass dome, submersible lighting of 12V 50W halogen lamps in the pond beside the lounge. Easy maintenance and minimizing the running cost was taken into consideration in designing the lighting. The brightness of the lobby: from 100% to 50% Fluorescent upper light with light orange filter: from 70% to off A narrow spot light for the center table: from 100% to off We succeeded in producing luxurious light both during the day and at night by offering a dramatic change using a balance of natural and artificial light according to the time of the day.
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Kusatsu Yubatake Park Architect: Zoo Designs, Inc. Construction completed: March 1995		.
		1995 IIDA / Award of Merit
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Kusatsu Spa's Yubatake (hot water fields) are famous for the mists that boil forth from the hot spring. Yubatake Park, around which there are ryokan, drinking pubs, and souvenir stores, is quite animated during the day; however, at night, there are few people. Spotlighting the mists from the hot spring was tried before, but the park area, illuminated only by pole lighting, was rather bleak. As a part of the park renovation project, we wanted to create lighting that could be enjoyed by nighttime strollers. While creating a surreal atmosphere by spotlighting the mists, a sense of intimacy is created by installing lights for benches, railings, and pergolas. By using warm colors for lighting, a relaxing atmosphere is created. In addition, at the end of the park in front of the hot waterfall, lighting for stone pillars, long unused, were restored, creating a new symbol for park.
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Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters Architect: Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Construction Completed: April 1995	.
	1996 Yokohama Urban Design Awards	1996 IIDA / Award of Merit
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Diagonally across from Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, this new, nine story building incorporated part of the exterior of the building constructed in 1930 into the design of its facade. The lighting arrangement for this preserved facade was carried out following Yokohama City Urban Design Guidelines. The bottom four stories are furnished with a preserved facade of terra cotta tiles, while a modern, off-white facade continues from the fifth story up. Since the road is relatively narrow, visibility from the front of the building is rather limited; moreover, the area of the facade itself is rather small. Therefore, we decided on a lighting arrangement that emphasizes particular details, meticulously illuminating each terra cotta tile and installing lamps in the facade's window frames. In addition, by illuminating the very top part of the new building, an overall sense of unity was created.
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Hisago Tokyo Headquarters Interior design: Takeo Kamiya and Associates Construction completed: October 1994		.
		1995 IIDA / Award of Merit
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This office on the twelfth floor of Ebisu Garden Place Tower is not only the Tokyo headquarters of Hisago, but also a showroom which functions as a setting for explanation of the company's product, computer software systems, to clients. The lighting arrangement for the showroom emphasizes the desire to "create a deep impression on the clients," as opposed to providing a simple visual display of the company's products. The "patio," which serves as the reception room, is the first room visitors enter. While the overall illumination is rather dim, 12V 50W halogen lamp spotlights built into the ceiling illuminate the walls and a sculpture in the center of the room. The door leads into the seminar room filled with soft, diffused lighting. This room is followed by the conference room and the consultation room, which feature pleasant non-glaring lighting appropriate for the business of introducing clients to the company. This lighting arrangement serves to counter the harsh image of computer software held by client, and the positive impression leads to positive results in business dealings.
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