The Chakai
Tango Chirimen, soaked with images projected by projection mapping, was used as a psychological boundary. The extremely thin cloth fluctuates with the slightest movement of air, such as the movement of a person, and responds to the movement of the cloth interactively by means of sensors embedded in the cloth. The material used for the floor is a decorative plywood made by pasting rush grass, which would normally have been discarded, onto plywood because it was not long enough to fit into the tatami weaving machine.
The Chakai Exhibition by Coichi Wada has been identified as a creative example of communication design by the A' Design Awards. The Chakai Exhibition won the Silver A' Design Award in Installation Design in 2025. The A' Interactive, Experiential and Immersive Design Installations Award is a juried, academic and highly prestigious design award that honors outstanding design of sculptural installations, light installations, sound installations, digital installations, kinetic installations, Site-Specific installations, interactive installations, performance installations and more.
