KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2020
Established to connect the value of spatial design to the future, the KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is the most esteemed of such awards in Japan. Our society grows increasingly complex, our values are changing, from valuing a wealth of things to respecting wealth in our hearts, and meanwhile, we face many challenges. The mission behind the KUKAN DESIGN AWARD is to excavate the solution to our society’s multi-faceted challenges and breakthrough to a hopeful future.
On November 13, 2020, the Kukan Design Awards ceremony was successfully held at the Tokyo Design Center (Gotanda, Tokyo). Due to the global pandemic, only winners and invited parties were invited to celebrate in the ceremony.
Kukan Design Awards were established to connect with the value of spatial design toward the future. Co-organized by DSA (Japan Design Space Association) and JCD (Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association), it is recognized as the most prestigious spatial design award in Japan.
The winning project "Shibuya Sky" and "Fukadaiji Garden Restaurant Maruta" and "Kumamoto Castle Special Tour Passage" have been awarded as "KUKAN OF THE YEAR 2020", the grand prize of this year.
KUKAN OF THE YEAR 2020
Winning Project: Shibuya Sky
Design by: Tadao Kamei / Takeyuki Katsuya / Shibuya Station Area Development Planning Joint Venture (Nikken Sekkei), Keisuke Arikuni / RHIZOMATIKS
Photographer: SS Tokyo, Kenichi Suzuki, Keita Sinya (ROLLUPstudio.)
Winning Project: JINDAIJI GARDEN Restaurant Maruta
Design by: Shunichi Furuya/ FURUYA DESIGN ARCHITECT OFFICE
Photography: Shinkenchiku-sha
Winning Project: Kumamoto Castle Reconstruction Observation Path
Design by: Yuzuru Tsukagawa + Shun Hori / NIHONSEKKEI
photography: Kenji Masunaga
KUKAN DESIGN TALK
The moderator, Mr. Naoki Iijima (JCD Director), held a discussion session with three champions of KUKAN OF THE YEAR 2020.
GOLD PRIZE / 2020
KATACHI TO KURASHI
Hokuto Fujii / hokkyok Inc.
Wako Main Bldg. / Multiple
Jun Musashi / Wako, Hokuto Ando / we+, Toshiya Hayashi / we+
mother's+
Junichi Yokoo / TAKENAKA CORPORATION
Shibuya PARCO - HULIC building
Yuuji Hamano, Yoshiharu Kabe, Nobuhiko Kakitani / TAKENAKA CORPORATION
The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
Ryu Kosaka / A.N.D., Nomura Co., Ltd
Hiroshi Yoneya, Ken Kimizuka / TONERICO:INC.
“HANEDA SKY CAMPUS” Headquarter of Azusa Sekkei
Kazuyuki Watanabe / Azusa Sekkei
International Dorm-City
Expert Member, Kanagawa University Campus Development Planning CommitteeKukan Design Awards
For more information about KUKAN DESIGN Award, please visit: https://kukan.design/