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Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ by Tetsuya Matsumoto
Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ by Tetsuya Matsumoto
Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ by Tetsuya Matsumoto
Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ by Tetsuya Matsumoto
Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Bronz Ime Ụlọ · 2025

Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

  • Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz 2025 in Ime Ụlọ
  • CLIENT: Seigakusha Co., Ltd.
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 13,386
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About Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ

Ihe E Dere N'Akwụkwọ: Pure Semicircles bụ nhazi ime ụlọ akwụkwọ cram dị na Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan. Nhazi a na-enye ohere ọcha nke nwere ahịrị na ọdịdị dị mfe, ka ụmụ akwụkwọ wee lekwasị anya n'ọmụmụ ha. Ọnụ ụzọ na-eduba n'ebe nnabata nke ọdịdị ọkara okirikiri, bụ ebe enyo edobere n'ahịrị etiti na-egosipụta ọdịdị ahụ ma mezuo okirikiri zuru ezu. E ji mpempe igwe stainless nwere ọdịdị ebili mmiri wuo uko elu, ma jiri ihe ọkụ ahịrị mụọ ya. Ahịhịa ndụ na blinds osisi na-agbakwunye okpomọkụ na ohere ọcha dị mfe ahụ. Ụlọ ọmụmụ abụọ nwere tebụl dị n'etiti yana kaụnta ndị dị n'akụkụ windo.

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Pure Semicircles Ọrụ Isi: Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Akwụkwọ na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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Unique Properties
Pure Semicircles is a cram school located in Osaka. The school offers a pure space with minimal lines and shapes where the students can focus on their subjects. Greenery maintains a strong presence to provide a relaxing atmosphere and wood blinds help create warmth in a rather minimalist white space. The main design point is the semicircular entrance with ripples stainless steel ceiling reflecting the space and a mirrored wall in the median that completes the circle.
Dimensions & Packaging
Gross Built Area: 149.69sqm
W20330mm x D13230mm x H2470mm
Tags
Japan, school, education, students, ripple, Osaka, minimalist, reflection, students, office
Production Technology
The space was created using drywall techniques and mostly finished in wall cloth.
The ceiling is made with rippled stainless steel sheets. The semicircle reception space has a mirror in the median line that reflects it and completes the circular form. The lighting is secured through linear light sources in the middle of the stainless steel and around it as well. The study room is equipped with downlights.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was mostly how to make a school fashionable in the eyes of teenage students, fulfil its functional duty, all of this in a relatively narrow space and a relatively limited budget. How to keep a space pure while still making it cozy. How to make it rich in materiality while keeping it minimalist and not distracting. The answer was by using unique materials such as the rippled stainless steel for the ceiling, mirrored walls, greenery, and wood blinds.
Research
Pure Semicircles design has two axes of research. The first one is aimed at guaranteeing an atmosphere where students can focus on learning while still enjoying the space and relaxing. The second one is aimed at visually creating a space that is attractive in a relatively narrow room that is surrounded by windows that overlook the bustling city outside. The quest was to find a middle between the two.
Inspiration
This design is inspired by the function of the space. Schools need to have spaces that provide an atmosphere where students can concentrate on their studies. But they also need to be cozy and offer relaxed and playful places. More than just study desks, schools need to become attractive and interesting to their main users, teenagers who are already building their lives into our contemporary society.
Project Duration
Project start: September 2024.
Construction starts: December 2024.
Project/Construction End: January 2025.

Location:
Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.
Operation Flow
The entrance gives straight to a semicircular reception space doubled by a mirrored wall. The reception leads then to the consultation booth where parents, students and staff can talk. The other side is occupied by offices. In the middle the space opens to the study space with a central table and a counter on the window side. Another arched opening leads to the second study room which is a counter along the windows.
Image Credits
Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.

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