"SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge" Won the FY2024 Good Design Award
PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Address: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President Executive Officer: Osamu OMOTO) has won the FY2024 Good Design Award (sponsored by Japan Institute of Design Promotion) for SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge (Saga City, Saga Prefecture), which it was involved in designing.
The Good Design Award is Japan's only comprehensive design evaluation and recommendation system, which started in 1957, and has been widely known with the "G Mark" for more than 60 years to improve our lives and society through design.
GOOD DESIGN AWARD
About "SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge"
SAGA Sunrise Park was created as an area to create new value with an eye on the future, with the "SAGA 2024 National Sports and Paralympic Sports" to be held in 2024 as a major milestone. With the SAGA Arena at its core, where dreams and excitement are born, it is a facility where people from inside and outside the prefecture can gather and interact as a base for sports, entertainment and wellness where they can enjoy both the everyday and the extraordinary.
Design and Supervision: Azusa, Ishibashi, Mihara Sekkei Joint Venture
Photo by Kouji OKAMOTO
Design Points
1) A total design achieved through collaboration between various stakeholders, including prefectures, cities, road managers, designers, and contractors
2) The joy of "playing" sports, an environment for "nurturing and supporting" athletes, and a dynamic space for "watching" top-level sports in Japan
3) Flexible design and world-class sports hospitality to support sustainable operation as a profitable arena
Comments from the Good Design Award Judges
"A base for sports and entertainment realized through collaboration between various stakeholders in the region. The pedestrian deck will link the existing facilities adjacent to the area with the new SAGA Arena, increasing mobility and creating a sense of unity, thereby enhancing the synergistic effects of each facility and successfully creating new value for the entire area. As symbolized by the fact that the space above the deck, which also serves as a walking course, is a special stand with a panoramic view of the existing stands and the park, it not only improves mobility, but also gives back to the town by making everyday life and sports a more familiar lifestyle. It is also important to note that this scene would not have been possible without the strong will and solidarity of the various stakeholders involved."
Please see below for details of "SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge".
SAGA SUNRISE PARK
Good Design Award - Award Page for Details