Kinki New Office Encouragement Award
Kobayashi Kako Co., Ltd. Head Office
| address | Awara City, Fukui Prefecture |
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| Completion date | January 2019 |
| scale | 5,508㎡ |
| Number of residents | 90 people |
| Main construction details |
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- The above information is at the time of completion.
Aiming to transform work styles, we built a new headquarters office that connects space, information, and people.
Kobayashi Kako Co., Ltd. primarily engages in research and development, manufacturing, and sales of generic drugs. A leading value-added generic pharmaceutical company headquartered in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture.
The company plans to construct a new headquarters building as part of its 70th anniversary project in 2016. The new five-story headquarters, which began operations in January 2019, is an office that connects space, information, and people, with the aim of transforming work styles.
Exterior
Exterior
The new headquarters is a five-story building with a distinctive exterior that resembles stacked frames.
2nd floor refreshment space
2nd floor refreshment space
Half of the second floor, which is the visitor floor, will be used as a refreshment space for employees. It is mainly used as a cafeteria, and is also used for company events, meetings, and social gatherings. Employees will gather from buildings other than the new building.
2nd floor refreshment space
2nd floor refreshment space
A corner set up in one corner of the space. A rug has been laid out to make the space more relaxing, and it is used as a place for employees to socialize. You can also see them doing yoga and other activities during their breaks.
2nd floor visitor meeting room
2nd floor visitor meeting room
A space of hospitality that connects customers and companies. In order to maintain a sense of freshness no matter how many times you visit, we take creative measures such as changing the upholstery of the chairs in each room.
3rd floor open office
3rd floor open office
We have set up a place for employees to interact facing the atrium. You can feel the movement of employees on the upper and lower floors, creating new connections.
Atrium
Atrium
Natural light pours in from the skylights in the atriums on the second to fifth floors located in the center of the building. A symbolic space that connects people and information within the company.
4th floor security office
4th floor security office
High security department moves in. The glass facing the atrium creates a sense of connection.
Exchange space
Exchange space
A space made up of frames installed in an office. It is often used for meetings that gather quickly. Depending on the activity, screens and whiteboards can be used to respond flexibly.
5th floor executive Japanese room
5th floor executive Japanese room
A Japanese-style room for executives who entertain guests from overseas. A Japanese space that uses plenty of Fukui local products and materials from Fukui Prefecture.
5th floor executive reception room
5th floor executive reception room
You can see the atrium on the left and the production factory on the right.
User's Voice
Kobayashi Kako Co., Ltd.
Corporate Headquarters General Affairs Department Hiromi Tsuboi
The design of the office for the new head office was mainly discussed by a project team made up of young employees, and what left a lasting impression on me was the workshop we held during the office design stage. Itoki helped us discover new ways of working and ways to utilize each area. I think this has energized the project team and allowed us to gather more opinions. By receiving suggestions based on the opinions of the workshop, we received support to fundamentally change the image of the traditional office.
Comment
We started with a project team made up mainly of young employees, considering new ways of working and ways to utilize space.
The refresh space was created based on the opinions expressed at the workshop.
It is a symbolic space where the thoughts of the members have come to life, and it is crowded with many employees during lunch breaks.
Through the large atrium in the center of the building,
You can feel the concept of "connecting people, information, and space."
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Designer
Isamu Takeda