Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile by Masakatsu Matsuyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award d'Argent in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.
ArgentArchitecture· 2025
Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile
Client: Global Crest
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Architecture Category
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The Design
About Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile
Global Crest Kita Omura est une salle d'exposition de concession automobile située à Omura, dans la préfecture de Nagasaki, au Japon. Le site occupe une rare étendue plane de terres agricoles, bordée à l'ouest par la baie d'Omura et à l'est par les monts Tatara. Trois façades du bâtiment sont entièrement vitrées, si bien que le paysage environnant demeure visible depuis l'intérieur. Une vaste toiture, dotée d'avant-toits en porte-à-faux de quatre mètres, repose sur de fins poteaux d'acier de 75 millimètres de section carrée disposés selon une trame de quatre mètres. L'espace extérieur ainsi abrité sert à la livraison et à la présentation des véhicules. La surface de plancher totale est de 705,68 mètres carrés.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Global Crest Kita Omura Salle d'exposition de concession automobile est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in northern Omura City, a rare flat area in Nagasaki, the site is rural, with Omura Bay to the west and the Tatara Mountains to the east. The design harmonizes with the landscape, bringing outdoor beauty inside. A 4m grid space with 75mm steel columns supports a cantilevered roof. The glass facade connects vehicle handovers to the scenery, while the contrast between the thick roof and thin columns creates a delicate, tense atmosphere.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total floor area:705.68 square meters
- Tags
- Car sub-dealer, showroom, car, roof, steel, cantilever, horizontal, grid, glass architecture, Japan
- Production Technology
- To enhance energy efficiency, three sides of the building, except the west, are fully glazed. The steel columns are reduced to a minimal 75millimeter square solid steel, creating a seamless connection between the townscape and activities such as vehicle deliveries and viewings under the 4m cantilevered eaves, as well as negotiations inside. The combination of the thick roof and slim columns emphasizes the roof's surface, creating a delicate and tense atmosphere.
- Design Challenge
- The desired form was a gate-like frame extending from the building, commonly seen in dealerships, creating a sheltered space for vehicle deliveries and viewings without getting wet in the rain. The 4-meter cantilevered eaves on all sides serve the functions of vehicle delivery and viewing.
- Research
- We value "interpreting the potential of the land and deriving an architectural form and lifestyle unique to that place" in our design practice. Since architecture is created in different locations and under varying clients and conditions, each solution inevitably differs. In this project, we proposed architecture that realizes the client's vision by interpreting the unique environment and transforming fixed perceptions to build a new future.
- Inspiration
- Traditionally, sub-dealers display cars for sale alongside the road, with shop buildings often placed at the back of the site, making them less visible from the outside. Although various cars can be displayed in front of main streets, tacky price tags and figures tend to catch people's eyes instead of the shop buildings. We aimed for architecture that acts as signage for the shop, eliminating the common impression of a typical sub-dealer.
- Project Duration
- The project, located in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan, had a design period from May 2022 to May 2023 (12 months) and a construction period from June 2023 to January 2024 (8 months).
- Operation Flow
- In order for end users to purchase a car, sub-dealers provide detailed information about the car and encourage viewing and test drives.
- Patents
- The copyright belongs to Matsuyama Architectural Design Office, 2024.
- Image Credits
- Image＃1：Photographer Toshihisa Ishii(Blitz STUDIO),GC Kitaomura,2024.
Image＃2：Photographer Toshihisa Ishii(Blitz STUDIO),GC Kitaomura,2024.
Image＃3：Photographer Toshihisa Ishii(Blitz STUDIO),GC Kitaomura,2024.
Image＃4：Photographer Toshihisa Ishii(Blitz STUDIO),GC Kitaomura,2024.
Image＃5：Photographer Toshihisa Ishii(Blitz STUDIO),GC Kitaomura,2024.
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