Five Mitsubishi Estate Group win JAPAN WOOD DESIGN AWARD 2025!

Mitsubishi Estate Group 's Mitsubishi Estate, Mitsubishi Estate Residence, Mitsubishi Estate Home, Mitsubishi Jisho Design, and MEC Industry won five awards at JAPAN WOOD DESIGN AWARD 2025: "WOOD FLOOR UNIT 3.2," "Protecting Japan's Forests through Distribution Reform (Kinomori Project)," "MOTOMACHI Wood Terrace," "Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo," and "The Warp: Regenerative Wood Design Series." Of these, "WOOD FLOOR UNIT 3.2" (Technology/Building Materials category), created by Mitsubishi Estate and MEC Industry, won Award of Excellence (Forestry Agency Commissioner's Award).

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"Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo" (Architecture/Space field) is an urban hotel that was developed as part of the urban development of Kabutocho and Kayabacho, Nihonbashi, and blends new culture into the historic financial district. The main structure is steel-framed, but the guest room floors from the 3rd to 12th floors are a wooden hybrid structure that uses domestic timber for some of the pillars and beams. Inside the guest rooms, the wooden pillars and beams are exposed, and MEC Industry's formwork and finishing material "MI Deck" is used for the ceilings, creating a space where guests can feel the warmth of wood. Designed with an eye toward the material properties of wood, this is an advanced example of a mid- to high-rise wooden building that conveys the appeal of wood to the city.

"The Warp: Regenerative Wood Design Series" (Technology/Building Materials) is a 3D-printed wooden teahouse pavilion that combines the traditional Japanese woodworking technique of jointing with cutting-edge 3D printing technology. It is made up of approximately 900 lightweight curved panels molded with high precision using wood resin made from upcycled waste wood dust generated during the wood processing process. Each component can be joined using only joints, without the use of nails or adhesives, allowing for quick assembly, disassembly, and reuse by hand. Furthermore, after use, the panels can be crushed rather than discarded, allowing them to be reused as 3D printing filament, contributing to the recycling of building materials.