"Not Just Ending with a Presentation." Student Ideas Become "Rooms That Are Actually Used."
Weekly&Monthly Co., Ltd. has launched the "Student Co-creation Monthly Mansion Room Creation Project" where rooms planned by students are actually put into real operation, moving beyond mere presentations. This initiative aims to create fresh living options in Chitose City, Hokkaido, leveraging student creativity alongside professional expertise amidst growing demand for medium to long-term stays. The project offers students a unique opportunity to experience real-world planning with a budget and professional constraints, creating powerful career-building experiences.
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"Don't let ideas end at the proposal stage! It's a waste!" Weekly&Monthly Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Sapporo City, Hokkaido, North Ward, Representative Director: Kenjiro Kuroki), which operates the nationwide monthly apartment reservation site "W&M (Weekly & Monthly)", has launched the "Student Co-creation Monthly Mansion Room Creation Project" where rooms planned by students are actually put into real operation.
Currently, Chitose City, Hokkaido is experiencing a surge in demand for medium to long-term stays due to the construction of semiconductor factories and the influx of related companies. We will create a new living option for Chitose with the fresh sensibility unique to students!
This Project is Not Ordinary!
• Graduate from "armchair theorizing"! Instead of ending with a presentation, we will create rooms that are actually operated. You can experience your ideas taking "shape" and supporting someone's life.
• Experience the harsh reality of professionals with a budget of 400,000 yen! Instead of just packing in what you like, you will challenge professional planning and marketing, thoroughly considering user needs within a budget of 400,000 yen.
• Make it the strongest "gakuchika" (what you did in college) for job hunting! Being able to say "I made this room that is actually being used" is unique to this project. We fully support students' careers.
Why "Chitose" now?
In Chitose City, Hokkaido, demand for medium to long-term stays is expanding due to increased corporate presence and demand for business trips and training. Particularly for corporate use, there is a growing demand for monthly mansions, which are positioned between hotels and rental properties.
On the other hand, traditional monthly mansions often have designs that prioritize functionality, and creating spaces with a "reason to be chosen" has become a challenge.
Therefore, Weekly&Monthly is launching a project that directly connects students' flexible ideas to the business world, using two newly built rooms under its self-operated brand "Smart Stay" as the stage. By combining professional know-how with the "sensibility of students" free from fixed ideas, we will create new value for users.
Through this co-creation, we will disseminate new forms of young talent being implemented in society from Chitose.
Future Developments
Elite members who have passed a rigorous selection process and have been selected as "Student Collaboration Members" will produce new properties in Chitose.
April 20 (Monday): The climax is here! We will be present at the on-site (Hanazono, Chitose City) setup of furniture and appliances.
End of April: We will determine 1st and 2nd place through Instagram voting and internal review, and award up to 100,000 yen in gift certificates! This is the greatest climax of the co-creation project, where students' sensibilities are sublimated into "value that gets chosen."
Afterwards: We will start recruiting residents and provide feedback on actual response data to the students. It is the project's style to share the results.
Why W&M Creates Rooms Together with Students
We are convinced that by clashing the know-how possessed by professionals with the "young sensibilities" of students free from fixed ideas, exciting spaces will be born that have never existed in monthly mansions before.
We will fully support the process of implementing students' "seriously considered ideas" into society, and will continue to disseminate new forms of living by transforming the creativity of the next generation into business power.
■ Project Overview
Project Name: Monthly Mansion Room Creation Project
Location: Chitose City, Hokkaido
Number of Rooms Created: 2
Participating Students: 2
Organizer: W&M Co., Ltd.
Cooperation: YOSAKOI Soran Festival Student Executive Committee
[For Media Coverage & Inquiries!]
Please cover the moment when the rooms "seriously considered" by the students take shape!
Interviews with students are also possible at the setup site on April 20 (Monday).
[Company Profile]
Company Name: Weekly&Monthly Co., Ltd.
Address: 38 Yamakyo Bldg. 6F, Kita 6-jo Nishi 1-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0806, Japan
Representative Director: Kenjiro Kuroki
URL: https://weeklyandmonthly.co.jp/
Business Overview: Operation of a monthly mansion portal site, website production, web system production/operation, operation of own monthly properties