Oracle Japan, Digital Cafe Waterfall
Tokyo, Japan
A new staff cafeteria, Digital Cafe Waterfall, opened on the twenty-second floor of the Oracle Aoyama Center. The cafe seats 340 people, and its design resonates strongly with values and themes of Oracle Japan’s Vision2020. Gensler designers placed an eight-meter-long “big table” — which combines multiple lumber varieties and is crafted to represent the idea of diversity and cooperation — with Oracle branding in the shape of a glowing red hollow in the middle. This facility is designed to be used as a site for internal and external events and is equipped with a projector, as well as private rooms and flexible-layout seating, producing more opportunities for use of the space and providing a greater degree of variation to fit individual communication and work styles. In everyday use, the cafe encourages the employees of Oracle to interact and mingle.