Calbee, Inc. Head Office
| address | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Completion date | September 2021 |
| scale | 1 floor 2,074.17㎡ |
| Number of residents | Approximately 600 people |
| Main construction details | Space total planning |
- The above information is at the time of completion.
The keys are "engagement," "relationships," and "collaboration." Two floors consolidated into one, creating a new place for value creation
Calbee Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells well-known snacks such as "Potato Chips," "Kappa Ebisen," and "Sapporo Potato." For the complete renovation of the company's head office in Marunouchi, Tokyo, ITOKI was in charge of total support, from project management, layout planning, and selection and delivery of fixtures. With "empathy," "collaboration," and "co-creation" as keywords, a space was created that realizes new ways of working and value creation.
Entrance
Entrance
The entrance features the company's large logo and is a popular photo spot for visitors and many others.
Entrance
Entrance
The iconic entrance is the first thing visitors see after getting off the elevator. It is decorated with louvers that resemble the ridges of a field.
Entrance and passageway
Entrance and passageway
The corridor space leading from the entrance to the reception and conference rooms is designed to be wide, allowing people passing by to interact with each other.
Green Art
Green Art
Potatoes are an essential ingredient in the company's signature products, such as potato chips. The design features impressive green art with a potato field motif.
Office Space
Office Space
The office layout is based on the motif of a vast field with various overlapping shapes. The number of office seats has been reduced to half of what was previously the case, providing more space for communication.
Office Space
Office Space
Different furniture is arranged in each space, allowing various elements to coexist without interfering with each other.
Office Space
Office Space
The plan is designed so that surrounding activities and information naturally seep in simply by walking along the route.
Cafe space "Patio"
Cafe space "Patio"
The ceiling of the cafe space is designed with a potato motif, and it operates as an open space that can be used both inside and outside the company.
Cafe space "Patio"
Cafe space "Patio"
Movable panels are used effectively to enable the space to be partitioned off and used as an event space.
Cafe space "Patio"
Cafe space "Patio"
The area by the window is a place where you can relax.
Pantry space
Pantry space
A pantry space for serving drinks to visitors.
Conference Room "Potato Chips"
Conference Room "Potato Chips"
Conference rooms named after products such as "Potato Chips." The design incorporates the image color, shape, and characteristics of each product.
Conference Room "Innovation Room"
Conference Room "Innovation Room"
There is also an open conference room that can be used for interviews, with the company's products displayed in an impressive way. It is an impressive space that conveys the company's brand at a glance.
User's Voice
Calbee Co., Ltd.
Sales & Marketing Company CVS Business Headquarters CVS Business Division Sales Manager
Toshiya Namba
Our company's "Workstyle of Tomorrow Project" seeks to find new ways of working and what the office should be. We received strong support from Calbee Co., Ltd. in the large-scale renovation of our head office, which was born from this project. What made the biggest impression on us was the concept of likening the office to a field, as "fertile soil that supports the workstyle of tomorrow." This proposal was not a simple repurposing of Itoki's existing know-how, but rather a reflection of the essence of what makes Calbee unique. Employee surveys conducted after the office began operations showed that the level of satisfaction with the new office was very high, and we are extremely pleased that we have been able to create an office that people can be proud of and that people want to come to work in.
I have high hopes for Itoki to be a leader in creating offices for a new era. It may sound like an exaggeration, but I feel that an increase in such offices will help create a bright future for Japan.
Comment
Designer
Takeshi Ito
As the working environment has changed dramatically with remote work now the norm, we exchanged ideas with Calbee Co., Ltd. in order to design a space that would make employees who work far apart want to get together.
Based on the company's corporate message, "Let's dig up the power of nature," and its background in working closely with contracted producers to produce the potatoes they use as raw materials, we came up with the image of an office where people can feel the blessings of nature and where ideas are born like a ripening field. With the motif of the "fields" that Calbee holds dear, we aim to build an environment where new interactions and value creation can take place by increasing the number of "places where people can come into contact with each other."
This was a project in which the team came together to think carefully about how to create the excitement and fun that is characteristic of Calbee.
Project Manager
Tsuyoshi Aihara
Project Manager
Shintaro Kawai
Our mission was to create an office that was unique to Calbee Co., Ltd. above all else. With engagement, relationship, and collaboration as our keywords, we worked closely with Calbee to create a place where people could come together and generate new ideas. Based on the feedback we received after construction was completed and operations began, we feel that we have created a high-quality office.
In addition, working with Calbee, which has been working on work style reform from an early stage, has given us many new realizations. This is also something that can be gained through "interaction between people." We look forward to many more interactions being born in this office in the future.
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Designer
Aoi Tanaka