Forty years ago, we were the first in Japan to create the profession of "theater consulting. Today, the process of working with local communities to develop plans and build hardware, including stage mechanisms, production equipment, and fixtures, has become a standard in the industry. We support the creation of new theaters with our wealth of experience and statistical data based on our track record.
We insist on formulating our plans by getting down on our knees with the local people and listening to their stories. We do not see the completion of the theater as the goal, but rather as a place where the local people can live and work together even after the theater opens, helping to realize events that promote local culture and build community.
In addition to introducing examples and trends in the latest stage mechanisms, operations, and usage, we were among the first to advocate the theater's function as a "new plaza" that supports regional development through the creation and revitalization of local communities, and have pioneered the "way of the theater" itself. In addition, we were among the first to advocate that theaters function as "new squares" that support regional development through the creation and revitalization of local communities. Beyond the "third place," we propose that the theater become a "force place" as a comfortable place of interaction where everyone can experience cultural and artistic creation.
The soft team carefully interviews local residents about their wishes and formulates a plan, and the hard team draws up drawings with functions and mechanisms that will realize these wishes to the maximum extent possible. The hardware team then incorporates the functions and mechanisms that will maximize their realization into the drawings. Because professionals from both the software and hardware teams work together as one team, we are able to make consistent proposals from the same point of view.
Staff members specializing in a wide range of fields, including architecture, stage equipment, and arts management, work together on a single project,
work together on a single project.
In the design process, we must create an envisioned image that fits the location and conditions presented by the client. The client should propose specific design requirements, including concept work, supporting statistical data, the organization of the theater space, detailed requirements to be reflected in the architectural and facility aspects, and appropriate special stage equipment.
Client
(Public Sector)
I have been put in charge of rebuilding the cultural center.
I would like to know what items need to be considered and how the process should be organized. I would like to know not only the functions that should be added in the future, but also the management organizational structure, scale of income and expenditure, etc., based on examples of other facilities in Japan and the trends of the times. We would also like you to prepare materials with the main points in order to promote consensus building within the government, the council, and the local community.
Client
(Developer)
In order to achieve better development, we would like to consider building a hall/event space with a lively function. We would like to have a realistic idea of what kind of facilities can be built in a limited area and what kind of impact they can create.
We would like to determine the appropriate scale through marketing research and analysis of demand to establish a revenue and expenditure plan.
A hall is planned as a facility to attract visitors in a project I am in charge of. In conducting a survey of the facility's condition and conducting operator interviews, we would like you to assist us in the survey by using your expertise as an advisor on theater/hall operations, technology, etc.