United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex by Mitsuhiro Shinohara

United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex by Mitsuhiro Shinohara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award an Bronze in Inneraum an Ausstellungsdesign Competition Category.

BronzeInterieur· 2023

United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex

by Mitsuhiro Shinohara

Client: United Cinemas

A' Design Award an Bronze Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex

Book Text: United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu ass e Kinozomplex, deen fir d'Stad Chichibu gebaut gouf, déi 29 Joer laang kee Kino hat. De Komplex huet siwe Séile mat 650 Sëtzer op enger Fläch vun 2.490 Quadratmeter. Déi meescht Séile hu manner wéi 100 Sëtzplazen, wat et erméiglecht, eng breet Palette u Filmer fir eng kleng Populatioun ze weisen. Eng Vorhang-Fassad an eng hell Lobby, ausgestatt mat Schiwwerstee a Holz, empfänken souwuel Passanten wéi och Kinogänger. D'Design funktionéiert wéi e Wunnzëmmer fir d'Stad, wou Besucher vun allen Altersgruppen sech kënne begéinen. All Séile benotzen Laserprojektoren an e digitalt Beschëlderungssystem.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Bronze

United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Bronze, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un erausragend Designe vergi gëtt, déi sech duerch Kreativitéit, Erfindungsgab a Schlauheet ausgezeechnen. Bronze-Gewënner si voll Fäegkeet a opfälleg kreativ Wierker, déi déi grouss Erfahrung, d'Fantasie an d'Ressourceréichtum vun hire Designer bestätegen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex e héich geschätzt, bewonnert a beléifte Géigestand ass, bemierkenswäert professionell an innovativ. Dëst mam Bronze ausgezeechent Design integréiert déi beschte Praktike vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie an zeechent sech duerch Opmierksamkeet fir Detailer aus. United Cinemas Unicus Chichibu Kinozomplex erfëllt Bedierfnesser exzellent, beréiert Wënsch, bezauberet Gefiller an erweckt Neigierecht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The cinema complex has been waiting for citizens of the Chichibu for years. To answer the expectation for it, the cinema should be open and comfortable to people who do not watch movie. The cinema design to be here as like a living room for citizens. The city is famous for its nature as Mt. Buko, Nagatoro river, the rock pavement, and also the histrical view of town. This cinema takes them in and it succeed.
Dimensions & Packaging: 7 screens, 2,490.68 sqm., total capacity 650 seats. Most of screens are capacity of less than 100 seats. One 3D theatre. All theatres are installed a laser projector by Barco.
Tags: Movie Theatre, Cinema Complex, Cinema
Production Technology: Laser projector for all theatre, full automation projection system, disital signage system, Bems Gem2, 3D projection system
Design Challenge: This cinema has the most small capacity of the seats. It could be possible that make capacity more and less the amoutn of halls, but because of the feature of small population of the city and to make variety of showing movie, it is decided to make as possible as many halls with small amount of seats.
Research: Even not very large area of the cinema, the curtain wall facade makes not only movie goer but also people who just interested can come easier. The lobby is as if it is sun room and nature look materials are adapted as like slate stones and woods, tried to take into the nature of Chichibu city into it. There are many older people at the city so tried to here to be a place just enjoy and makes communication over generations.
The cinema is not only a cinema complex, but also the living room with movie culture.
Inspiration: It have been a 29 years the Cihchibu city had lost a movie theatre. The developer P&D Consulting, the city and United Cinemas are planing to revive the movie theatre here for 10 years and in 2022 Summer, the cinema complex have been there with great welcoming by citizen.
Project Duration: This project took over 10 years of planning, started in 2019 and finally be realized in 2022.
Chichibu is a famous tourist destination in the Kanto region, with a population of approximately 60,000 people, famous for its geo-sites such as Mt. Bukou, where concrete material was mined, Nagatoro Gorge, famous for its rock pavement and line rafting, and springtime lawn cherry blossoms. The movie theater was built adjacent to an existing neighborhood shopping facility.
Operation Flow: This project is cooperated with municipal office, the developper and United Cinemas to liven up the city as advertising and prompt citizens to the movie theatre.
The cinema is located where the main road from Tokyo district so we tried to make here become icon of the city.
PoteKuma-kun, the mascot character of the city, is adapted for exterior signage of the cinema that can see at image #3, a lot of advertisement, and coraborated with an advertisement movie before the show starts.
Also many news paper, radio, and local TV news picked us when the cinema opens and continues our cooperation for make citizens feel familier with movies and not to disappear a movie theatre from the city again.
Image Credits: All photos: P&D Consulting