This project is an office plan for Hoshino Resorts Asset Management.
The company’s vision—“Making travel more interesting through investment”—is rooted in discovering value in places and ideas that are often overlooked, and transforming them into new appeal through insight and discernment. Just as the richness of travel lies in its uncertainty—things that can only be understood by going, and unexpected encounters along the way—this office seeks to translate that experiential structure into a space that can be felt within everyday work.

Rather than treating the elongated floor plan, sandwiched between two cores, as a mere constraint, it is reinterpreted as a structural framework that generates spatial continuity. Volumes for meeting rooms and work areas are placed at the center, giving rise to two linear circulation paths that run through both the working and visitor zones. These paths are redefined not as simple corridors, but as a social field—Michi—a Japanese word meaning both “path” and “the unknown,” where people, ideas, and values intersect.

Michi is deliberately designed so that the entire space cannot be seen at once. As one moves through it, places of differing scale and character gradually emerge. Like a journey in which what lies ahead is never fully predictable, this sense of anticipation encourages spontaneous pauses and conversations, leading to unexpected encounters and new ways of thinking.

In contrast to the outward-facing and open nature of Michi, the interior contains Uchi—spaces set apart from external stimuli, intended for focus and deeper thought. Uchi supports daily office work and meetings, while also offering a place to quietly absorb and reflect on insights gained along Michi. With a scale and sense of enclosure reminiscent of a room at home, Uchi embodies one of the project’s key requests: “an alternative house for everyone.”

By pairing Michi, which fosters active interaction, with Uchi, which enables calm and concentrated work, and allowing gentle movement between the two, the office introduces a natural rhythm to everyday working life.

In this project, the elongated floor plan—often perceived as a negative condition—is reinterpreted as a defining characteristic and transformed into new value. Through the overlapping of Michi and Uchi, a Machi—a “city” formed through the accumulation of relationships—emerges.
The office has become a base that continuously generates new appeal, resonating directly with the corporate ethos of Hoshino Resorts Asset Management.