Citadines Namba Osaka By TAKASHIMAYA SPACE CREATE CO., LTD.

Name of Company or Individual: TAKASHIMAYA SPACE CREATE CO., LTD.

Country: Japan

Website: http://www.ts-create.jp/

Project Name: Citadines Namba Osaka

Project Completion Date: 11/30/2019

Project Completed City: Osaka city

Interior Division: Hotel & Resort

The building was built in 1923 as a department store architecture incorporating Western architectural styles that were rare in Japan. At that time, Osaka was a very vibrant economic center called the “Greater Osaka era”. After that, it was no longer used as a department store as the times passed, and it was used as an office for the back department. In converting the historic building this time, the building owner is a department store and the hotel requirements include a vibrant design element that includes "WOW". Therefore, the hotel design concept is "The Department Store". 

The public area has an interior design that imitates the sales floor of a department store, and the guest rooms are designed with plenty of fashion elements. The concept of the artwork is "Enjoy shopping!".

In order to make the most of the historic buildings, we compared the old and new in terms of architecture and compared the interior products with real products and fake products (illustrations), creating a mysterious space that is a department store even though it is a hotel.