ContractWorld.award 2010 field report

At the ContractWorld.award 2010 (Germany), we made a presentation of two works , Tokyo Great Visual and Machiya Office , and Tokyo Great Visual won the Newcomer Award in the Office category.
The ContractWorld.award is one of Europe's leading international interior design awards, held in Germany. This year marks its 10th anniversary and saw 623 projects submitted from 34 countries.

We will report on what happened on the day.

The Hannover Messe Exhibition Center, where the event was held, is the world's largest exhibition center, boasting an exhibition hall area about 10 times that of Makuhari Messe. ContractWorld is held as part of the DOMOTEX trade fair. This photo shows one of the multiple entrances.

There are 27 holes, with ContractWorld occupying hole 4.

The interior.
Many Japanese people attended this event, including Shigeru Ban, Takaharu Tezuka, and Sou Fujimoto, who gave speeches, Ryo Matsui at the award ceremony, and myself, Ryuichi Ashizawa, and Shuichiro Yoshida, who were nominated for the New Face Award in each category. Of course, famous architects and designers from other countries were also invited.

The presentation took place at Hirayama Denki Shokai's headquarters building in the morning and at the TGV in the afternoon.

The Q&A (in English) was assisted by Takaharu Tezuka.
thank you very much.

After successfully completing the presentation, we were taking a break in the VIP corner with Tezuka Takaharu and the winner of the Shop category, Matsui Ryo.

After a public judging process, the winners of the "New Generation" category will be announced.

With all the nominated speakers and judges.
I felt that the opportunity to give a presentation during the judging process was extremely important in terms of communicating our concept.
As a result, we are extremely honored to have received such high praise in Germany, a country far away from Japan.
I was also supported by many people at the venue. I am filled with gratitude for the many people who congratulated me after receiving the award.