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Takeda Global Headquarters

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It offered creative direction for Takeda Pharmaceutical's new global headquarters’ interior design. The designer created a flow from the entrance and reception to the work area, telling a tale of human life with refined modern icons of eight kanji for life, water, light, soil, tree, people, connections, and future, which represent Takeda's essence, reflecting it in the spatial design. It conveyed the company's brand image, creating a place where stakeholders can share the vision of the future.

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Kashiwa Sato offered creative direction for Takeda Pharmaceutical's new global headquarters’ interior design. He created a flow from the entrance and reception to the work area, telling a tale of human life with refined modern icons of eight kanji for life, water, light, soil, tree, people, connections, and future, which represent Takeda's essence, reflecting it in the spatial design. He conveyed the company's brand image, creating a place where stakeholders can share the vision of the future.

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office, Japan, wood, icon, lounge, iconic, Japanese

Production Technology

The walls are adorned with solid Hinoki wood, which also has medicinal properties. The designer personally tracked the process from logging to noncombustible processing that complied with the Fire Service Act and realized the design after creating multiple mock-ups both at the factory and at the construction site.

Project Duration

Grand opening in Tokyo in 2018 and completion of the building's 16th floor communication space in 2023.

Research

Kashiwa Sato researches and advocates iconic branding and has succeeded in translating brand images into spatial expressions through graphic design that takes kanji to the extreme of abstraction as an expression of Japanese identity.

Inspiration

The spatial concept Sato chose for the entire building is "life force," a reference to Takeda's nature-based origins in medicinal botanical garden research, which contributes to people's health and the future of medicine by creating superior pharmaceutical products. Light, water, and soil nurture trees and support life, while the connections between people create the future. Sato designed the motifs using each of the eight kanji characters.

Image Credits

All Photos:Photographer / Takumi Ota VIDEO CREDITS:Film Production / SIGHT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Overview

Takeda Global Headquarters Office has been a Silver winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2023 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

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Kashiwa Sato was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2024, a testament to excellence of their work Takeda Global Headquarters Office.

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Takeda Global Headquarters: A Spatial Ode to Life Force by Kashiwa Sato

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