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United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex by Kunihisa Akiyama

United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex by Kunihisa Akiyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.


BronsInterieur· 2022

United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex

by Kunihisa Akiyama

Client: United Cinemas Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex

Dit bioscoopcomplex beschikt over drie soorten speciale filmformaatzalen - Imax, 4DX en ScreenX - naast acht reguliere bioscoopzalen. De Imax behoort tot de grootste schermformaten van Japan. Het ontwerp kent twee contrasterende interieurconcepten. Het eerste kenmerkt zich door symbolische blauwe lineaire LED-verlichting die vanaf het plafond langs de roltrap hangt. Het andere bestaat uit monotone filmdialoog graphics. Deze twee concepten creëren een contrast tussen 2D en 3D, en tussen kleur en monotonie. De aanpak is klassiek van aard, maar gebruikt hedendaagse materialen, waardoor het alle leeftijdsgroepen aanspreekt. Bezoekers kunnen op deze fotogenieke locatie ook prachtig foto's maken.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo Bioscoopcomplex bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This movie theater has 3 types of special movie format theaters, Imax, 4DX, and ScreenX, and 8 ordinary movie theaters. The Imax is one of the largest screen size in Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging
12screens, 6,293sqm, total capacity 1975 seats. One Imax theater, one 4dx theater, one ScreenX theater and 8 regular theater. Two back stage dressing room, projection room and back room for staffs. Imax technology from Canada.4dx and ScreenX technology from Korea, Construction company is SHIMIZU Corporation, a major general contractor in Japan.
Tags
Cinema, Cinema complex, Movie theater, Photo spot, Graphic art, Word art, LED line lighting, Imax, 4dx, ScreenX
Production Technology
Imax laser system, 4DX system, ScreenX system, Full Automation projection system, Digital signage system, BEMS Gem2, Theater management system
Design Challenge
Because of Tokyo Olympic, construction cost had got very high and we had to make cinema complex unique with very much lower cost. There have two idea.

One is at the escalator. We installed many symbolistic blue liner LED lights hanged from ceiling along with the escalator that guests have to use and that makes guests feel futuristic and exited. Blue is also used in lobby as characteristic color.

The other is graphics. The LED lights make 3D and symbolistic color. On the theatre floor, at the contrast, has impressive 2D graphics around and they are made by dialogue of movies with mono-tone.
Research
The building has shopping tenants from basement floor to 3th floor, the Cinema is 3rd floor. The cinema is one of the anchor and symbol of this huge commercial complex. Because of the SNS, especially Instagram is in a trend among young people, this cinema takes some photo spot for it.
Inspiration
The United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo is in the shopping mall Terrace Mall in Matsudo city, Chiba prefecture in Japan. There used to a fruit and vegetable market and many people visited here. The mall is concepted as the mall along the people lives here with fulfilling and brighter days. We interpreted that this shopping mall become the central institution and various people comes here as young people, family and aged people. Then what the cinema complex being such place should be is offer the various kind of entertainment that accepted by every kind of person.
Project Duration
This project started in 2016 and opening in 2019, located in Matsudo-city Chiba Japan, locates next to Tokyo. This movie theater opened with one of the largest shopping mall in the city which area used to a market.
Operation Flow
It has been six years the Matsudo city does not have movie theatres so that we have proposed the large, most advanced, and best facilities. We installed three latest movie formats so that many customers can enjoy movies with various way.
Team Members
Chief Interior Designer: Shuwa Tei
Interior Designer: Kei Sagara
Chief Graphic Designer: Naoyuki Suzuki
Image Credits
Main Image,#1,#2,#3,#4:Photographer / Toshiyuki Yano,

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