"SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge + Saga City Cultural Center West Plaza" won the 2025 Lighting Design Award
The SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge + Saga City Cultural Hall West Plaza (Saga City, Saga Prefecture), PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. (Address: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President Executive Officer: Omoto Osamu OMOTO) was involved in the design, has won the 2025 Lighting Design Award (sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan). The Lighting Design Award honors works that utilize light as a material, have excellent design content, and are full of originality and ingenuity. The award recognizes and commends outstanding works that are considered to be groundbreaking in the field of lighting environments and lighting designs for spaces completed in Japan in recent years, and that are recognized as being of an extremely high standard from a social and cultural perspective, or that suggest new possibilities for lighting design.
Official website: https://www.ieij.or.jp/award/design_his.html
Winners:
Masaru Okamoto (Ripple design)
Chiaki Tanigawa (lino)
People involved in the production:
Client: Saga Prefecture SAGA Sunrise Park Development Promotion Division
Client: Saga Prefecture, Department of Land Development, Road Division
Client: Saga City Regional Development Department, History and Culture Division
Total design and supervision/design supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park, National Route 263 Pocket Park, Eiko Bridge, Saga City Cultural Center West Plaza): Hiroshi Nishimura (Work Visions Co., Ltd.)
Overall design supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park): Nagahiro Masakuni (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Design Director (SAGA Sunrise Park): Kazuyuki Watanabe (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Architectural Design Director (SAGA Sunrise Park): Masatomo Kano (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Arena): Shinsuke Tsunami (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Arena): Keiichiro Ikeda (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Aqua): Hirofumi Toyama (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Aqua): Mihara Toshinobu (Mihara Architects)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Stadium): Toshiharu Nakahara (Ishibashi Architects Inc.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/SAGA Stadium): Eri Yamada (Ishibashi Architects Inc.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park/pedestrian deck): Hiroya Kobiki (Koishikawa Architecture and Construction Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park exterior/Saga City Cultural Center west plaza): Ryuji Kamide (PACIFIC CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd.)
Architectural design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park exterior/Saga City Cultural Center west plaza): Noriyoshi Ishikawa (Koishikawa Architecture and Construction Co., Ltd.)
Electrical equipment design and supervision (SAGA Sunrise Park): Natsuko Shiiba (Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.)
Bridge Design Supervisor (Eiko Bridge): Tsutomu Hashimoto (PACIFIC CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd.)
Bridge design and engineering (Eiko Bridge): Shuichi Nonaka (PACIFIC CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd.)
Design supervision (Saga City Cultural Center West Plaza): Tsuyoshi Nonaka (Ishibashi Architects Co., Ltd.) *At the time of design
Concept of the work:
SAGA Sunrise Park, Eiko Bridge, and the west plaza of Saga City Cultural Center were all developed as an area to create new value, in the wake of the SAGA2024 National Sports and All-Area Sports, which was held in Saga Prefecture in 2024. A unified landscape was created by overcoming numerous barriers, such as the prefecture and city, the management divisions for architecture and civil engineering, and separate orders from designers and builders. The handrail lighting on the pedestrian deck functions as a "connecting light" for the entire area, allowing people to move around and enjoy sports at night, and the exterior lighting also changes during events, entertaining visitors.
Commentary:
The plan spans the scale of a land development, and boasts a multifaceted nature that could potentially revitalize the area as a facility. The pedestrian deck connecting the adjacent facilities uses seamless handrail lighting, creating a modern, calming and reassuring circulation effect. The exterior lighting, which echoes the bold architectural design, has succeeded in creating a quiet yet urban landmark, and the rhythmic lighting of the colonnades on the first floor is an impressive introduction that creates a sense of anticipation for the dynamic arena facility.
The project story of the integrated development project of SAGA Sunrise Park + Eiko Bridge + Saga City Cultural Center West Plaza is published on our website "INSIGHT".
https://en.pacific.co.jp/insight/2025/02/project-story-saga-sunrisepark.html