Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールーム by Masakatsu Matsuyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銀建築· 2025
Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールーム
Client: Global Crest
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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The Design
About Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールーム
グローバルクレスト北大村は、日本の長崎県大村市に位置する自動車ディーラーのショールームです。敷地は、西に大村湾、東に多良山系を望む、この地域では希少な平坦な農地に位置しています。建物の三方は全面ガラス張りとし、内部からも周囲の風景を常に感じられるように計画しました。4メートルの跳ね出し軒を持つ大屋根は、4メートルグリッドに配された75ミリメートル角のスリムな鋼製柱によって支えられています。軒下に生まれた半屋外空間は、車両の納車や展示・観覧の場として活用されます。延床面積は705.68平方メートルです。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールームは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールームは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Global Crest Kita Omura 自動車ディーラーのショールームは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
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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