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Okayama Korakuen "Garden of Dreams"

Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. designed Okayama Korakuen "Garden of Dreams" illumination in summer. The large lawn area, the Sawa-no-ike Pond, the Naka-no-shima Island, the Mino-shima Island, and the Jari-jima Island are lit up in addition to the Kakumei-kan Guest House and the Enyo-tei House that were illuminated in the spring illumination. In the lawn area, we created a sea of firefly with solar-powered small lights. And for the Sawa-no-ike Pond and the islands, we lit up the bridge and the teahouse, paying special attention to avoid glares to the people walking around the pond, to form clear and impressive scenery reflected on the surface of the water.

 

Special Late-Night Garden "Garden of Dreams" August 1(Mon) -August 31(Wed)

Opening hour: 18:00-21:30

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member to deliberate on the draft of environmental impact statement.

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IALD Board of Directors Meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) Board of Directors meeting held in Seattle.

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Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) Lighting Standard Revision Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the first meeting of the JIS Lighting Standard Revision Committee as a member to discuss the summary and the aim of the establishment of the committee, the tasks of the committee, and the future plan.

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member.

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Good Lighting Award

Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. received 2016 Good Lighting Award for "Kanazawa Castle Gyokusen'inmaru Garden Lighting (produced by Ishikawa Prefecture)" from the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan.

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member and deliberated on the draft report about the environmental impact assessment statement of the Ichihara thermal power station and the Chiba Sodegaura thermal power station #1 and #2 plant construction plans.

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Lecture in Chiba City

Reiko Chikada gave a lecture "City, People, and Light" at the 45th Study Group of the Council for Promotion of City Landscape Formation held at Chiba City Central Community Center. The members of this study group are people in charge of urban city landscape plans of all government-designated cities in Japan. Night-time city landscape was chosen as one of the topics.

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Golden Week Kanazawa Castle Park Gyokusen'in Maru Garden Concert

It was a mini-concert: 3 music pieces were played during "sunset, evening, and moon gazing" illumination, followed by "spring" and "Cherry Blossoms" (played by Bright One)

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The 2016 IES Illumination Award of Merit

Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. received the 2016 IES Illumination Award of Merit for "Toin Kaikan (Architect: Architect 5)" and "Jyozaiji Temple (Architect:Suiundo, Kentaro Ataka Architectural Design, and Iwaki)". Toin Hall is an alumni association hall built to celebrate its 120-year anniversary.The construction costs were mostly covered by graduates’ donation; the budget was very tight and the running costs had to be minimum. And in our lighting design for Jyozaiji Temple, we emphasized its presence at night for increasing Buddhist memorial services starting from the evening. At night, the illuminated pagoda erases the gloomy image of the community road that cuts through the cemetery and creates a pleasant atmosphere for the surrounding residences.

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Okayama Korakuen, Kakumei-kan Guest House and Enyo-tei House Illumination

Okayama Korakuen is one of the three great gardens of Japan. We designed the illumination of two main features of the garden in its special illumination event, "The Fantastic Spring Garden", held from April 29 to May 31:? the Kakumei-kan Guest House that conveys old samurai residence and the Enyo-tei House which had been used as a lounge when the domain lord visited the place.

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Okayama Korakuen, Kakumei-kan Guest House and Enyo-tei House Illumination

Okayama Korakuen is one of the three great gardens of Japan. The Kakumei-kan Guest House is a building that conveys old samurai residence and is used by citizens for wedding ceremonies and alumni events. The Enyo-tei House used be the most important structure in the garden that was used as a lounge when the domain lord visited the place. Our lighting design of Kakumei-kan Guest House and Enyo-tei House, "The Fantastic Spring Garden", aimed to create an elegant night view expressing the presence of the domain lord and the time he spent in the garden. We illuminated the roof surface, the roof ridgelines, the eaves, and the gables of the buildings to dynamically connect the Kakumei-kan Guest House/Enyo-tei House with the Okayama Castle in the distance. Paper lanterns with swinging soft candlelights are placed inside the buildings. In addition, pale blue lighting on the white sand in the west side of Kakumei-kan Guest House expresses the beautiful waterscape of streams in the garden. The Fantastic Spring Garden is held from April 29 (Fri. Holiday) to May 31 (Tue.)

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member and deliberated on the environmental impact assessment statement of the Ichihara thermal power station and the Chiba Sodegaura thermal power station #1 and #2 plant construction plans.

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Saitama City Landscape Council

Reiko Chikada participated in the deliberations on the field investigation and the designation of a structure of landscape importance as a member of the Saitama City Landscape Council.

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Frankfurt Study Tour

Our study tour included Light+Building 2016 (March 13-18), night view tours, a factory tour of the famous German lighting manufacturer "MAYER?", a study tour of a school for disabled children in the suburbs of Frankfurt. We also stayed at a hotel which used to be the former cottage of the famous Rothschild family.

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Nouvelle Akabanedai D Block completed

It is a renovation plan of a housing complex built in 1963. Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. was in charge of D Block lighting design (Architects: Urban Renaissance Agency, Takao Endo Architect Office, and Yama Architects & Partners. Lighting design project leader: Sachi Takanaga.) in addition to previous A, B, and C Blocks

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IALD Board of Director Meeting

Reiko Chikada participated the IALD Board of Director meeting in Chicago, and exchanged views on how to support the activities of the increasing IALD members in the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe.

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member to discuss about environmental impact assessment statement of building an additional industrial waste disposal facility.

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Kawagoe City Urban Landscape Council

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a council member and participated in the deliberation on easing legal restrictions of the Building Standards Act to support the preservation and utilization of historical architectures.

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Saitama City Hotel Architecture Council

Reiko Chikada attended the Hotel Architecture Council meeting as a member and delivered an observation about nighttime and daytime landscape and sign design of a planned hotel.

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Lighting Japan 2016

Reiko Chikada gave a lecture " Impressive scenes of the Scroll of Light in the Lord's Garden, Kanazawa Castle Park Gyokusen'inmaru Garden Lighting Design" in the spatial design seminar, Lighting Japan 2016.

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Lighting Design for the Four Bridges over the Asano River, Kanazawa

Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. and Kanazawa City has been proceeding with a new lighting design project of the four bridges over the Asano River (project leader: Hisae Nozawa). Our lighting design plan was published in the Hokkoku Newspaper. The new lighting is aimed to refine the river bank view and to promote the city-wide sightseeing at night. The construction will begin from April.

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Reiko Chikada was elected as the IALD Board of Directors

Reiko Chikada will act as Board of Directors of International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD ) for two years from January 1, 2016. IALD established the headquarters in Chicago and about 1200 global professional lighting designers have IALD membership . The IALD-Japan members are approximately 80. I represent Asia as well as Japan and wish to contribute to activity of IALD.

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A Happy New Year.

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member to discuss about "the draft of environmental impact assessment report for the third enlargement project of Kimitsu Environmental Improvement Center."

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"Scroll of Light in the Lord's Garden, Winter Display" in Kanazawa Castle Park Gyokusen'inmaru Garden

Please enjoy the winter illumination in the Gyokusen'inmaru Garden which is called "the museum of stone walls." The Illumination themes of the winter Display (December 1 - end of February) are "Winter" and "New Year" Date: Every Friday, Saturday, and days before public holidays in December -February Time: sunset - 21:00 Admission: Free llumination movie is available on the following website. The illumination changes along with traditional Japanese music.
http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/night/

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Special Lecture at Bunka Gakuen University

Sachi Takanaga, Chief Designer, gave a special lecture for 90 freshmen at Department of Architecture and Interior, Faculty of Art and Design, Bunka Gakuen University.

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UR Community Lighting Design Lecture

Hisae Nozawa, Director, was invited as a lecturer for a training session at Urban Renaissance Agency to exchange views on Lighting Design.

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Special Lecture at Shibaura Insitute of Technology

Sachi Takanaga, Chief Designer, gave a special lecture for 160 sophomores of the chromatics class at College of Engineering and Design, Shibaura Institute of Technology Omiya Campus.

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Kawasaki City Urban Landscape Council

Hisae Nozawa, Director, attended Kawasaki City Urban Landscape Council meeting as a member to deliberate "Transition of New Kawasaki Urban Landscape Formation Area to Landscape Planning Specified Area and the revision of Landscape Formation Standards."

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We redesigned our website.

Now it is much easier to search our projects by category.
http://english.chikada-design.com/

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We have moved.

In November 2015, we moved to a stand-alone building (Architect: KENCHIKU DESIGN STUDIO) with meeting area (1F), design room (2F), and laboratory (3F). We are working while enjoying the beautiful autumn foliage.

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Asia Lighting Design Forum

Reiko Chikada was invited as a keynote speaker at ALDF (Asia Lighting Design Forum) held in Beijing, China, from October 19 to 20. Her speech was titled "Digital@Natural Sense."

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member to discuss about "the environmentally responsible report of Ichihara thermal power stationconstruction plan" and "the final draft of environmental impact assessment report for the third enlargement project of Kimitsu Environmental Improvement Center."

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Completion of BRANZ City Shinagawa Katsushima

It is a high rise condominium located 5 minutes away from the Shinagawa station. It was certified as "low-carbon architecture (low CO2 emission and energy saving)." (Architects: Nikken Housing System)

We designed the indirect lighting to express the spatial extent of the public space including the entrance hall, the central courtyard, and the library. We also emphasized the rich green by garden lighting. Our lighting design provides a relaxing environment for city people.

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"Scroll of Light in the Lord's Garden, Autumn Display" in Kanazawa Castle Park Gyokusen'inmaru Garden

Please enjoy the autumn illumination in the Gyokusen'inmaru Garden which is called "the museum of stone walls."

The Illumination themes of the Autumn Display (September 1 - end of November) are "Autumn- a glowing sunset with colorful maple leaves" and "Harvest Moon - a full moon breaking through the clouds."
Date: Every Friday, Saturday, and days before public holidays in September -November
Time: sunset - 21:00
Admission: Free

Illumination movie is available on the following website. The illumination changes along with traditional Japanese music.
http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/night/

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a member and joined the deliberations regarding "The designation of visually significant buildings" and "The deregulation of the Building Standards Act for preservation and utilization of historical buildings."

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Jozaiji Temple Garden

Nichiren sect Houju Mountain Jozaiji Temple was founded in Setagaya, Tokyo in the year of 1506. The owner's request was to create a calm atmosphere in the new five-story pagoda (design & construction: Suiundo), the main hall, pet graves (design: Kentaro Ataka), and the approach for the memorial services often held from evening to night. We were also asked to accentuate the waterfall in the basement garden.

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Tokorozawa City Landscape Committee

Tokorozawa City Mayer, Masato Fujimoto, appointed Reiko Chikada as a member of Tokorozawa City Landscape Committee.

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Chiba Prefecture Environmental Impact Assessment Committee

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a committee member to deliberate on the policy report about "the environmental impact assessment document on the construction of Toso area waste disposal facility" and the consultation on "the environmental impact assessment of Chiba Sodegaura thermal power station #1 and #2 plant at the planning phase."

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"Scroll of Light in the Lord's Garden, Summer Display" in Kanazawa Castle Park Gyokusen'inmaru Garden

This garden was cherished by generations of Kaga Domain feudal lords, and is now being displayed with a sunset-themed illumination. Take in the sights of the Three Illuminations, starting with the sunset, moving to the evening light, and finally the night-time moon gazing glow. Following this, there will be an accompanied performance of shakuhachi flute and koto harp to harmonize with theLights of the Season display.

The Illumination themes of the Summer Display (June-August) are "Summer- a cool evening sunset" and "Festivals- energetic scenes of festivity."
Date: Every Friday, Saturday, and days before public holidays
Time: sunset - 21:00
Admission: Free

Illumination movie is available on the following website. The illumination changes along with traditional Japanese music. http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/night/

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2015 IES Illumination Awards

Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. received IES Illumination Award of Merit for 3 projects: Rikkyo Gakuin St. Paul's Chapel Renovation (Renovation design: Manas Architects and Associates), Lions Ichijo Residence Shonan C-X (Architect: Nikken Housing System), and "The Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court (Architect: Obayashi Corporation + Atelier Nanjo)".

Rikkyo Gakuin St. Paul's Chapel was originally designed in 1963 by Antonin Raymond. We designed suitable illumination levels for the various uses of the chapel such as worship services, music concerts, and school classes.

Lions Ichijo Residence Shonan C-X lighting design concept was "sweet home".

And for The Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court, we designed warm and inviting lighting in the public spaces to create comfortable atmosphere.

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"Hana Moyu" Illumination

Motohiko Katori, the first Gunma prefectural governor after the Meiji Restoration, was married to Fumi, the heroine of 2015 NHK historical drama "Hana Moyu (burning flower) " which has been broadcasted since January 4, 2015. Fumi was younger sister of Shoin Yoshida, who was well-known for inspiring leaders in the Meiji Restoration. Maebashi city, the prefectural capital of Gunma, began a special illumination event to celebrate the broadcasting of "Hana Moyu." Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc, designed the illumination. Historical architectures in the central city are illuminated to promote the charms of the city and to entertain the visitors.

Our lighting highlighted the historical architectures that were buried in the darkness of night. Some buildings, Jomo Warehouse head office brick warehouses, Maebashi City Museum of Literature and Hirosegawa Museum are illuminated with cherry blossom pink light to show the connection with "Hana Moyu. Central Maebashi Station is illuminated with fjord green light. The noble atmosphere of Saint Mattia Church and Maegbashi Catholic Church are emphasized by illuminating the white colored walls. And " Beautiful red bricks of the City Library emerge in the darkness.

The illumination event will be held from April 1 2015 to January 31 2016, sunset to 22:00 pm everyday (except some facilities.)

Please visit the Maebashi City website for more information.
http://www.city.maebashi.gunma.jp/653/654/p014682.html

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Kanazawa Castle 'Gyokusen-in-maru Garden' Lighting Ceremony

The lighting ceremony was held at Gyokusen-in-maru Garden which was restored in time with the opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa station. Governor Tanimoto of Ishikawa prefecture explained that he aimed to increase overnight stay in Kanazawa with "night viewing spots." And Reiko Chikada said she designed the illumination with music performances on the theme of sunset imagining what Gyokusen-in-maru, the daughter of famous warlord Oda Nobunaga in 16th century, saw in the garden.

For the first time in permanent public facilities in Japan, 2 types of illuminations and traditional Japanese musics are designed for each season.

March - May; "Spring" and "Cherry Blossom Tree"
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on March 14 - 22, every Friday, Saturday, and a day before holiday, during the cherry blossom tree festival in April.

June - August; "Summer" and "Festival"
September - November; "Autumn" and "Harvest Moon"
December - February; "Winter" and "New Year"

"Cherry Blossom Tree" movie is available on the following website. The illumination changes along with traditional Japanese music. http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/night/

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Kanazawa Castle Gyokusen-in-maru Garden "A Scroll of Illumination in the Lord's Garden"

The illumination of Kanazawa Castle Gyokusen-in-maru Garden of which we have been planning since 2012 will begin on March 13th to coincide with the opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo on March 14th. The garden illumination is designed on the theme of sunset and changes in 3 scenes (sunset, evening, and moonlight) over time. Then, it is followed by "the seasonal illumination" that is programmed to change in harmony with shakuhachi flute and koto harp performance. It presents the beauty of the garden that once captured the hearts of the Kaga Domain lords. Please enjoy the Spring Illumination (begins in March - ends in May).

Opening Date in March :
March 14 (Saturday) to March 22 (Sunday)
March 27 (Friday)
March 28 (Saturday)

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Kanazawa TV

Reiko Chikada appeared on Kanazawa TV "New Kanazawa scenes selected by Hiroyuki Itsuki- City Illuminations ." She explained her passion for the Kanazawa Castle Illumination. The final lighting adjustment work of the restored building ’ Hashizume-mon' done in occasional heavy rain was also introduced.

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Lighting Fair 2015 Symposium

Reiko Chikada and Hisae Nozawa will host symposiums with guest speakers in the Lighting Fair 2015 (March 3-6, Tokyo Big Sight West Hall.)

"The Latest Lighting Designs"
March 3(TUE), 14:40-15:25
Lighting Stage Discussion on the current global trends of lighting designs introducing the 2014 IALD International Lighting Design Awards and IES Illumination Awards winning projects.Host: Reiko Chikada. Guest Speakers: Izumi Yayoshi, Hiroyasu Shoji, Yoshiko Fukuda, Hiroyasu Yoshino, Kazuhiro Kawamura, and Satoshi Uchihara.

"The Latest Lighting Designs in China and Korea"
March 5(WED), 10:00-11:00
International Lighting Design Seminar. Host: Reiko Chikada. Guest Speakers: Uno Lai, Lee Yeon So

"Lighting Designs in Renovation Projects"
March 5(WED), 14:15-15:15
International Lighting Design Seminar. Host: Hisae Nozawa. Guest Speakers: Susumu Matsushita, Hideto Mori.

"The Future Trends in Smart House and Lighting Design"
March 6(FRI), 10:30-11:10
Host: Hisae Nozawa. Guest Speaker: Ayako Ito.

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IALD Meeting, San Francisco

Reiko Chikada attended the 2015 IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) Membership Committee meeting as a committee member.

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Saitama City Hotel and Other Architectures Council meeting

Reiko Chikada participated in deliberations on the building plan of a high-rise complex with retail stores, offices, a day-care center, and a hotel in front of Saitama Shintoshin Station.

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A Happy New Year.

Last year, I had an opportunity to lecture at Beijing University. And in addition, I was invited as a speaker to the conferences that were held in some Asian countries. The "LED Next Stage 2014" held in Tokyo, the "2014 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition" held in Guangzhou and the "lIGHT INDIA 2014" held in New Delhi. From these experiences experienced in a short period of time, I got a clue to know the " future of lighting design and new technology in Asia" . Reiko Chikada

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Toinkaikan was completed

Toinkaikan was completed to commemorate the founding 120 anniversary of University Tsukuba Junior High School and High School in Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku (Architect : Architect 5). Reiko Chikada was involved in the whole of the lighting design from basic plan since it is a graduate. The lecture room with two layers of ceiling height, which is made on the south side first floor, is set up a stage lighting that can remote control the position and the light distribution to illuminate.

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EBISU View Tower courtyard

Renovation of the courtyard lighting of the tower apartment Ebisu Garden Place (UR urban design oversees mechanism). The wall lighting of the courtyard was reflected on the surface on the floor of the marble. The courtyard was dark even daytime but reborn into the space that was bright and spacious integral with the entrance hall.

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Japan International Association of Lighting Designers'

September 1, 2014, Japan International Association of Lighting Designers ( IALD headquarters in Chicago) was established and the memorial party was held on October 9. Motoko Ishii is appointed representative director, Reiko Chikada and Kaoru Mende are appointed vice president director.

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Light+Design 2014 New Delhi

Reiko Chikada was invited as a guest speaker at the Light + Design 2014 held in New Delhi on September 19th and 20th. It was the first international conference on lighting in India held by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers and supported by ELCOMA (Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturer's Association.) Reiko gave a 45 minute lecture about urban lighting design, titled "City, People, Light." Lighting designers from India, Japan, Germany, Sweden, and Australia participated in the conference. A wide range of subjects were discussed: urban lighting, daylight in architecture, LED and lighting design, landscape lighting in a city, future office lighting, residential and hospital lighting, architectural and interior lighting, and exterior architectural lighting. And in the exhibition, manufacturers from India, Korea, China and Japan set up booth with mainly the LED lamps and LED light fixtures. Most surprising of all was the number of Chinese manufacturers. Japanese manufacturers are highly-regarded for their technologies. It is important to develop a long-term relationship with this country with a population of 1.5 billion people.

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council Committee

Hisae Nozawa attended as the Kawasaki city landscape council committee. After Kawasaki Station underground mall tour, she went to deliberate on "(tentative name) Add station east district area" to be the expansion of Kawasaki Station landscape planning specific district.

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Kawagoe City Landscape Award Judging Committee

Reiko Chikada participated in the site visit of the candidates and selected the winner as a judge of Kawagoe City Landscape Award. This award is held every other year since 1990.

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Kigali City Urban Planning visit, Rwanda

Spotless streets and glassy office buildings. Kigali City Office is promoting a new city plan aiming to become one of the major urban cities in Africa. Staffs from Italy, the United States, Korea, and Singapore work in its City Planning Division. Reiko Chikada visited the Kigali City Office as a member of the Japan Urban Design Institute (JUDI) and received explanations on the city plan from the mayor and the city planning division chief. In 1994, Rwanda experienced the genocide dividing the country into two. President Paul Kagame who took office after the genocide held out the ideal of making Kigali a city open to the world. Kigali City is expected to embrace a population of 3-5 million over the next 50 years. Mr. Carl A. Worthington, an Architect in the United States, developed Kigali City master plan 9 years ago. We were guided to the large Business Center site (scheduled to be completed in 2025), the new bus terminals, the exclusive residential district development area, and the houses for the poor people and the people injured in the genocide. When we asked if there's any people protesting the eviction from the redevelopment area, the answer was "no." The city staffs explained to us that it is because all the evictions are decided by the community association called "UMUGANDA" consisting of 5 members selected from the local communities. UMUGANDA exists in the town and village level, the province level, and the national level. Many residential areas are redeveloped in the process of the rapid urbanization. I felt a little scary about the communities without any opponents. I also questioned about the urban lighting plan which is essential for safety in the city of "Clean, Green, and Safety." And their answer was: "We recognize the importance of urban lighting, but we cannot provide a sufficient budget for lighting." Three heritages in Rwanda are: a maze of streets in the Muslim residential district, the prison, and the residential district of "forest people" who live in the style of olden times. It is a crucial stage for Rwanda to advance modernization while maintaining its own cultural tradition.

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NISHIKIYA Wedding Road

It is an exterior lighting renovation of four wedding hall buildings in a suburb of Okayama City. We created a new 100m-long "Wedding Road" with an integrated lighting design for the four buildings that had been illuminated in different concepts.

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council 45th Meeting

3 members including Reiko Chikada from Kawagoe City Landcape Council were chosen to be the judges of the 2014 Kawagoe CIty Landscape Award. It is her second time being a judge of the Award since 2012.

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Rikkyo Gakuin 140th Anniversary Chapel Concert

Consecration organ concert by Makiko Hayashima was held at the St. Paul's Chapel. It is said that the chapel was designed in the image of Noah's ark. Many people enjoyed the beautiful melody of the new organ. (Architectural design: 1963 Raymond Architectural Design Office, Renovation design: Manas Architects and Associates, Lighting renovation: Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc, Hiramatsu)

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Budapest night visit

Reiko Chikada visited Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Budapest is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and is called "the Pearl of the Danube." Warm color lamps were used for architectural exterior lighting and street lighting. The chain bridges over the Danube were illuminated with compact fluorescent lamps and metal halide lamps. And LEDs were used for the newest bridge, Elisabeth Bridge. The Opera House, the Budapest Parliament, and cafe maintained their original designs.

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IALD Meeting (IALD Headquarters office, Chicago)

Reiko Chikada participated in the meeting held at the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Chicago Headquarters Office as a member of IALD Membership Committee.

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2014 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition Alighting Forum (Guangzhou, China)

Reiko Chikada was invited as a speaker and gave a 45 minute speech about architectural lighting. She also participated in a 45 minute panel discussion. As many buildings are designed by internationally famous architects in China, lighting design attracts much attention and many young people aim to become a lighting designer. Reiko Chikada had been invited as a speaker in 2010 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. Visiting the exhibition after 4 years, she felt that Chinese LED lamps has been improved dramatically. Most manufacturers have achieved Ra80-90 and color evenness.

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2014 IES Illumination Awards

2014 IES Illumination Awards "Shosuke no Yado Takinoyu" received 2014 IES Illumination Award of Merit. Takinoyu experienced a serious decline of tourists and power shortage caused by shutdown of Fukushima nuclear power plant after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The owner's request was a comprehensive lighting renovation to realize energy-saving and attractive hotel lighting.

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Higurashi Residence

Photo by : Yuichi Higurashi

 

It is the residence of Photographer Yuichi Higurashi. Mr. Higurashi renovated his condominium with his architectural design and plastering work. Indirect lighting is beautiful on ivory walls and ceiling. (Nozawa)

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Beijing Nan Luo Gu Xiang streets

Renovated streets in the center of Beijing was crowded with young Beijingers. The renovation design utilizing the old houses was done by Professor Lu Bin, Peking University.

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council 44rd Meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a member and discussed about the Development of landscape planning of Kawagoe City.

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April 25 Peking University Lecture

Reiko Chikada gave a lecture titled "City, People, Light Creating an attractive city" in "De Tao Lecture-Masters Info Communication Forum" held at Peking University. Professor Lu Bin of Peking University gave a short speech prior to Chikada's lecture. Chikada enjoyed discussions with nearly 150 students after the lecture by answering to the question from the floor such as "How should urban lighting design of a large city like China be done?"

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End of March　Tomi City Butaigaoka Improvement Project Completion

photo by Osamu Kitajima

The project's goal to "create the core facility of a comprehensive civic center by saving 4 old government office buildings and adding a new building (government office building, new library, and corridor) instead of reconstructing all the old government office buildings" was realized. Architectural design by APL associates Inc. Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. took part in its lighting design from 2010. We planned a joyful and energy-saving environment for the citizens including street lights using solar batteries. (Nozawa)

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March 30 - April 4 　Frankfurt Light+Building 2014 visit

LED light fixtures have become widely used with the price decline. Much progress is made in brightness, spread angles, and color rendering properties. Highly efficient EL lamps developments are now expected.

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Our website is redesigned for easier searching

Our website is redesigned for easier searching. Please check our new page "Representative Works." You will find the inside stories, too.

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LED Next Stage 2014, Special Symposium on March 5 (Wed)

Reiko Chika will give the keynote speech "City, people, and light to create attractive cities" in the symposium Part-2 "Lighting design to enhance the attractiveness of cities for 2020." And Hisae Nozawa will be the moderator of the panel discussion "2020 How do we represent the spirit of omotenashi (hospitality) in city lighting design?"

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Kanazawa Nightscape Conservation and Maintenance Planning Committee 7th Meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a member and summarized the basic concept, the development policy, the illumination guideline, the development policy for the model routes, the collaborative policy, and the future subjects for "Kanazawa Nightscape Improvement Plan."

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council 43rd Meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a member and discussed about the Landscape Regulation of Kawagoe City.

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Rikkyo Gakuin St.Paul's Chapel new pipe organ sanctification

Pipe organ builders of C.B. Fisk, Inc. had worked on the installation and voicing of the new pipe organ in St. Paul's Chapel (Niiza Chapel) since last September. It was completed in the end of January and sanctification of the pipe organ was held with attendance of the President of C.B. Fisk, Inc.

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NHK Kanazawa TV program "Making Kanazawa attractive for nighttime walk"

NHK Kanazawa news program of last December introducing the illumination experiments of Kanazawa was re-aired in a short version. This program made many people interested in the city lighting of Kanazawa.

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IALD Membership Committee in Chicago Head Office

Reiko Chikada participated in the 2014 International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Membership Committee meeting held in Chicago Head Office as a member and exchanged opinions on various subjects with other members.

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Kanazawa Nightscape Conservation and Maintenance Planning Committee

Reiko Chikada participated in considering "The very Kanazawa nightscape improvement plan" based on 5 lighting tests in August, October, and November. The questionnaires answered by the citizens will be considered.

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NHK Kanazawa "Making nighttime Kanazawa safe"

NHK Kanazawa news program "Kaganoto Evening" introduced the lighting test for "The very Kanazawa nightscape improvement project" held by Kanazawa City landscape policy department. Reiko Chikada ,one of the committee members, took part in improvement planning and the lighting test.

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The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan Tokyo Chapter 37th Convention

Hisae Nozawa introduced Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre renovation project in "theater hall lighting design" facilities planning case studies.

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Sanya City, Hainan Island, China

Reiko Chikada visited Sanya City, the southernmost and the second largest city in the Hainan Island. One of the foremost beach resort hotels in China are constructed there.

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Kanazawa City America Maple Street

Kanazawa's famous autumn landscape, autumn colored maple leaves on the America Maple Street are illuminated (Organizer: Ishikawa Prefecture.) We gave extra consideration to daytime scenery: we placed the LED spotlights behind the LED footlights made of local Tomuro stones and planted trees to hide the lighting fixtures.

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Kanazawa City Street Lighting Test

Reiko Chikada participated Kanazawa Nightscape Conservation and Maintenance Planning Committee meeting as a member. She developed the lighting plan for the most important districts with 6 other members. 4 representative landscapes of Kanazawa will be illuminated with testing lighting fixtures for one week. Then, the residents' public comments will be heard and they will be converted into the lighting plan.

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Seoul City Visit

Reiko Chikada visited the evolving downtown district of Seoul City including the Dongdaemun Design Plaza Construction Site (Architect: Zaha Hadid) and Dongdaemun History Museum.

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11th International Symposium "Sustainable Healthy Buildings"

Reiko Chikada was invited by Korea Society of Lighting and Visual Environment as a guest speaker to give a speech about castle and rampart lighting design. She gave a 45 minute speech titled "Lighting Design to Create Characters in the Cities" at the symposium held at InterContinental Seoul. In the speech, Chikada first stated that the roles of lighting designers are to promote the economic usage of energy and to enrich the citizens' lives. Next, she introduced the case studies of Hiroshima Castle, Shurijo Castle, and Kanazawa Castle. She explained that her lighting design showed the sign of the city's recovery through restoration of the castle, the pride of the city by creating the main feature of tourism, and created the city nightscape of which people can strongly feel the presence of the castle and ramparts.

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Good Design Award

JShonan C-X received 2013 Good Design Award (Owner: Ichijo Co., Ltd. and Daikyo Incorporated. Architect: Nikken Housing System Co., Ltd.)

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Tokyo Light Cruise

Tokyo Light Cruise for overseas people was held for "dissemination of Japanese illumination culture to the world." (Organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Lighting Manufacturers Association, and Japan LED Association. Planning Cooperation: IALD Japan.) It was planned based on the Enlighten Asia 2013 Tokyo Light Cruise in March. Reiko Chikada coordinated necessary adjustments among the lighting designers. 17 participants commented: "I was very impressed", "I learned the high level of the Japanese illumination culture", "It was a good opportunity to hear the lighting designers' ideas directly", and "I will share the Japanese illumination culture in my home country."

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Kanazawa City Nightscape Development Seminar

In the first session held by citizens, government, and lighting industry, Reiko Chikada gave a keynote talk "Considering Nightscape, Lighting design to create characteristics of cities." In the second session, the development seminar, Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau introduced their landscape measures and policies. Case studies of cities with advanced nightscape policies such as Takamatsu City, Takaoka City, Kitakyushu City and Takayama City were introduced. Moreover, Kanazawa City landscape policies and nightscape measures were introduced.

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Rikkyo Gakuin St.Paul's Chapel

A new pipe organ was installed and we set up the angles of the spotlights. (Architect: Raymond Architectural Design Office, Renovation architect: Manas Architects & Associates)

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Obihiro City Otofuke Town Crematorium Completed

Lighting examination was held before the property handover. The crematorium will be used from late November. (Architect: Atelier Zo)

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Kawagoe City Landscape Council 42nd Meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the meeting as a member and discussed about "Revision of City Landscape Ordinance " and "Landscape Plan."

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Kanazawa Nightscape Conservation and Maintenance Planning Committee 4th Meeting

Illumination test were held at Nagamachi District and Utatsuyama Temple District. On October 8th, its result was summarized and the information of the next illumination test was provided.

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City lighting in Taiyuan, China

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province with a history of 2500 years. It is a transportation hub, about 1 hour flight from Beijing.

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Ray7 completed

July 16-22
Our brochure "Ray 7" introducing our works from 2009 to 2012 is now completed. We all hope you would see it.

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Nancy, Ghent

July 16-22
Reiko Chikada visited "Sound and Light Show Place Stanislas" in Stanislas (world heritage), Nancy, France (the second week of June - mid September) and "Ghent Festival" in Ghent, Belgium (July 20-29). It was impressive that, in both cities,the city lighting was part of their long-term city plans and they have realized high quality city lighting in cooperation with professional lighting designers. Many people from all around the world visited the festivals last year,about 400,000 people to Nancy Light Show and 500,000 people to the Ghent Festival.

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IES Illumination Awards and IEIJ Good Lighting Award

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Renovation, SHARE Yaraicho, and Bungotakada City Library received Award of Merits, IES Illumination Awards 2013. Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Renovation also received IEIJ Good Lighting Award 2013.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Renovation

It is a renovation work of Tokyo's most renowned art and cultural facility. (Architectural design and general management: MHS Planners, Architects & Engineers Ltd., Design and theater design cooperation: KOHYAMA ATELIER). The 7 floor-height atrium became glamorous with our lighting design. LED spotlights suspended from above effectively illuminate the floor, and the LED narrow spotlights sharply accentuate the truss structures.

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SHARE Yaraicho

It is an ensemble of working and residence spaces: furniture studio/lavatory (1F), private rooms/toilet (2F), and kitchen/lounge (3F). (Architectural design: Spatial Design Studio)

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Bungotakada City Library

This local library is expected to become a study place for children and a place for social occasions of the elderly and young parents. Not only functional library lighting for a wide age range, but also friendly and exciting lighting design were requested. (Architectural design: Mikami Architects)