Shinkenchiku November 2024 Special Issue Shimizu Corporation 220th Anniversary Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE Crafting the Future Society,Together
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SHINKENCHIKU, 2024 November, Special issue features “Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE.”
In 2024, Shimizu Corporation celebrated the 220th anniversary of its founding and positioned this year as a new beginning. Embracing the mindset of choukensetsu, the company has established the “Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE” to promote innovation in three key areas: business structure, technology, and human resources. This site houses five facilities: NOVARE Hub, the core of the entire complex, which serves as a center for disseminating information and promoting exchange; NOVARE Lab (Shiomi Lab, Institute of Technology), a research facility focused on production innovation; NOVARE Academy (Monozukuri Shiseijuku), a hands-on training facility; NOVARE Archives (Shimizu Corporation Historical Museum), which displays historical resources; and the former Shibusawa residence, designed and built by Kisuke Shimizu II. Rather than serving merely as a base for innovation, the facilities’ five diverse functions are designed to retain independence while working collaboratively, with the intention of returning to the origins of craftsmanship embraced since the company’s founding and fostering an enterprising spirit.