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A Symphony of Lights and Music: Lighting Objects Exhibition

Reiko Chikada participates in the Exhibition of Lighting Objects by various artists, which she also participated in 2006 and 2007. The exhibition is produced by Yoko Niki. The objects will be sold by charity auction. The proceeds will be donated to charity for protcting the global environment and the future of children.

Exhibition Site: TOKIA Tokyo Building, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo Central Post Office, and Nippon Broadcasting System.

December 19th(Fri.) 2008 - January 4th(Sun.) 2009

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The Symphony of Lights at Chinzan-so and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so Reception was held

With the completion of the new garden illumination,Symphony of Lights, at Chinzanso and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzanso, Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. held a reception. The symphony of lights with music was played using the entire garden. The special program (3 min.) with "Hoshizora ni tsutsumarete" written by Hideki Togi and the 1 hour program without music were performed twice, at 19:00 and 20:00. More than 140 people joined the reception.

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Chuo College of Technology 100th anniversary building "RISE" was completed

This building is part of 100th anniversary celebration in 2009. It stands next to "STEP" designed by Masako Hayashi as 85th anniversay building. "RISE" is designed by Katsunori Shirai. In our lighting design, we illuminated the ceiling of the distinctive large roof softly and planned functional lightings for the students.

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An article in "Lighting Design"

The MUZA Kawasaki, lighting design by Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc., made the cover of a Romanian magazine, "Lighting Design (Octobrie-Decembrie 2008)." The project was introduced in detail, taking over 6 pages.

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Ray6

Ray6, the latest brochure of Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. introducing the projects in 2006-2008, was published. Compared to Ray5 published in 2005, it seems that lighting design has become well-established in residential environment.

In our project completed on November 1st, "the Symphony of Garden Lightings" in Chinzan-so and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, we opened up a new field of garden lightings by mainly using LED fixtures. There, we also succeeded in cutting the power consumption by 50% than before. We would like to continuously develop new lighting designs with global environment in mind.

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The second stage selection committee of the AACA Award and the Yoshinobu Ashihara Award

Reiko Chikada attended the second stage selection committee of the AACA Award and the Yoshinobu Ashihara Award as a committee member. The committee selected the winners among the projects that had been reviewed by the members.

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The 6th Ota City Scape Award

Reiko Chikada attended the 6th Ota City Scape Award's second stage selection committee as the chairwoman. After the on-site review, the committee selected the winner.

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The Christmas Tree Illumination of Ginza Mikimoto

The Christmas Tree Illumination of Ginza Mikimoto made its lighting ceremony.During November 8th-December 25th, the illumination is turned on from 10:00am to 22:00pm.

This year, the main theme of the illuminaton is "bells." On the hour every hour (except 17:00pm on Saturday, Sunday, and holiday), 3-minutes illumination show with music will be played. In the show, you will hear the ringing sounds of the bells from all over the world.

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The City Scape Forum 2008 in Toda Ciay

Reiko Chikada attended the City Scape Forum 2008 in Toda Ciay as a panelist. She participaed in the discussion from the viewpoint of the night lighting of the city.

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The garden lightings of Chinzan-so and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo

The garden lightings of Chinzan-so and Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, "the Symphony of Garden Lightings", made its grand opening. Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc. worked on this project since spring, 2008.

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Ginza Takamoto Building Completed

You will find the Ginza Takamoto Building by turning into a small alley from the Sotobori Street, Ginza (Architect: Spatial Design Studio).
10 luminous panels on the building's facade, each lit with lines of white LEDs on right and left ends, form a dignified elegance at night.
As evening deepens into night, lighting of each panel changes from fully lit condition to soft gradation from one side.

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The 6th Ota Urban Design Award

Reiko Chikada attended the selection committee of The 6th Ota Urban Design Award (Ota City, Gunma, Japan) as a committee member.

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18th AACA Award and The 7th Yoshinobu Ashihara Award

Reiko Chikada attended the selection committee of The 18th AACA Award and The 7th Yoshinobu Ashihara Award (Organizer: AACA) as a committee member.

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Renovation of Toyota Industry Culture Center (Architects: Toyota City and Yamashita Sekkei Inc.)

Along with the renovation of the Planetarium and the Science Hall, we designed new lightings in the 60m-long approach and in the open space next to the parking lot.The theme of the new lightings is "Excite the Curiosity."

The lightings turn into blue for 3 minutes on the hour every hour, as well as the Toyota Ohashi Bridge, the Toyota Stadium, and the Toyota-shi Station of which we planned the lightings in previous years.

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The Cascades Jingumae (Architect: Nikken Housing System)

We created "Kekkai (a spiritual barrier)" against the noisy outside world by lighting up the surrounding walls of the condominium and designed lightings which would capitalize the appealing water scenery in the courtyard.

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2008 International Illumination Design Award

From the left, our lighting design for The Sky Hall Toyota (Architect: MHS Planners,Architects & Engineers) and Toshima-ku Medical Center (Architect: Yamamoto Hori Architects) won the Award of Merit, and the lighting design for the Nezu Shrine (Architect: HUKUHAMA Yoshihiro) won the Section Award of 2008 International Illumination Design Award.

Exterior and Interior lighting of the Sky Hall Toyota which is popular among the citizens, exterior lighting of the Toshima-ku Medical Center planned to work as a lighthouse in an emergency, and the security lighting of the Nezu Shrine leaving the darkness received high evaluation.

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Shinshukan

Shinshukan Four Season's Hill (Architect: Atelier Zo) in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, was opened. Since the completion of Shinshukan in 1980, elevators were added,the facade was renovated to glass facade, and the circular lawn yard (the Four Season's Hill) was added. The Shinshukan became a beautiful place to visit at night with our lighting design of the corridor facing the hill. It will be the main spot for the community events such as music concerts,theatrical performances, and festivals.

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The Saitama City Scenery Council

Reiko Chikada attended the Saitama City Scenery Council as a member .

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The Kawasaki City Scenery Council meeting

Reiko Chikada attended the Kawasaki City Scenery Council meeting as a member. She took part in discussion on the basic guideline of each area's scenery plan.

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Landscape lighting of the Jinan Ward Office in Shandong, People's Republic of China

Landscape lighting of the Jinan Ward Office in Shandong, People's Republic of China, was completed. The lightings on the roof, the sides, and the center of the building are set gold for the usual times, and change into red on holidays and white during the Ching Ming Festival (similar to Obon Festival in Japan.)