Notice and Info - 09/12/2023Starlite received the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2023.
Ryohin Keikaku and Starlite jointly received the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2023 for "creating space that nurtures co-creation (g-mark.org) " for 'corporate cafeteria Tsudoi.'"
RYOHIN KEIKAKU CO.,LTD. / Space Design Business/ Masahiro Morishita
Inherited Values
Starlite has been nurturing "tsunagari" (connections) while keeping harmony with nature and society. Valuing "the involvement with nature and community" since its opening, Ritto Plant has begun activities for "corporate cafeteria Tsudoi" in 2022 as a new space to foster co-creation. The active efforts include local production for local consumption, an event to think about recycling, and a workshop to take a closer look at bugs with nearby elementary school children.
Unique Experience
After the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged in 2020, the corporate cafeteria was temporarily closed to minimize person-to-person contact. We then took advantage of that period to do renovations. A workshop was set up to renovate part of the cafeteria so that employees could feel the space was transformed by their own hands. They shared unique experience of painting walls with soil by reusing soil left over from a road construction site being built near the Ritto Plant and having plasterers help them sift the soil to create coating material.
Space Surrounded by Nature
With this renovation work, they incorporated a lot of ideas to allow people to feel close to nature. In addition to bringing in lights from the roof windows and placing foliage plants, tables and sofas made of thinned wood and recycled plastic materials are placed, and a new food menu that uses local ingredients is offered, allowing visitors to experience the texture of natural origin, the warmth of repeated use, and the richness of the local community. What used to be a place only for lunch has evolved into a place where employees gather for meetings, business travelers and visitors stop by for coffee, and a wide variety of events are held. The space continues to grow to a place where new "tsunagari" are developed and innovations are created.
Concepts Born After Renovating the Space
The space concept developed through renovating "corporate cafeteria Tsudoi" has spread to social activities such as evacuation drill planned by Ritto city which Starlite has signed agreement on cooperation in disaster response with, and events to show emergency toilets and raise awareness at nearby elementary schools. Starlite will continue to strive to create new "tsunagari."
Related websites
- The National Award for Greenery Factory the Chairperson’s Award of the Japan Greenery R&D Center - Notice and Info | Starlite Co., Ltd.
- “An Agreement on Cooperation in Disaster Response” with the City of Ritto - Notice and Info | Starlite Co., Ltd.
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