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Toshin PostPandemic Opisina by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Toshin PostPandemic Opisina by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award na Ginto in Disenyo ng Interyor na Espasyo at Eksibisyon Competition Category.


GintoInteryor· 2021

Toshin PostPandemic Opisina

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Matsuo Gakuin

A' Design Award na Ginto Winner in Interyor Category

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The Design

About Toshin PostPandemic Opisina

Para sa una nitong ginawopisina mula noong sumiklab ang pandemya ng Covid-19, ang hamon na kinakaharap ni Matsuo Gakuin ay ang paghahanap ng solusyon para sa pagprotekta sa mga gumagamit ng opisina nito habang pinapanatili ang mga aesthetic na halaga na palaging itinatangi ng kumpanya. Ang isang mesa na hugis kulog ay tumatakbo sa kahabaan ng opisina na naghahati sa espasyo sa mga staff at guest area. Ang mga glass panel ay nakasabit sa pagitan ng board at ang duplicate nito na nakasabit sa kisame. Ang mga glass panel ay tumatakbo nang kahalili sa pamamagitan ng dalawang parallel na linya na pinaghihiwalay ng 20cm na espasyo. Ang disposisyong ito ay bumubuo ng isang proteksiyon na kalasag habang pinapayagan ang sirkulasyon ng hangin at mga dokumento.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Ginto

Ang Toshin PostPandemic Opisina ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Ginto, isang napakaprestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga disenyong pangunahing-uri, kahanga-hanga at namumukod-tangi. Ang mga nagwagi ng Ginto ay mga likhang lubhang makabago, may pananaw at nakasisilaw sa karilagan na sumasalamin sa talino, karunungan at husay ng kanilang mga tagapagdisenyo. Inaasahang ang Toshin PostPandemic Opisina ay isang lubos na pinupuri, nagtatakda-ng-uso at monumental na imbensyon na naghahatid ng walang kapantay na halaga. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Ginto ay isang kahanga-hanga at iginagalang na proyekto na lubos na nakikinabang at nagpapaunlad sa mga hangganan ng sining, agham, disenyo at teknolohiya. Ang Toshin PostPandemic Opisina ay lumilikha ng matinding damdamin ng pagnanais, gumigising ng damdamin, nagpapasigla ng pagkamalikhain at nakahuhumaling sa atin.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Matsuo Gakuin preparatory school needed a new office space for its reception and meeting room. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting worldwide, this new space must protect its users while guaranteeing an uninterrupted functionality. The space is highlighted by a lightning shapes board running along the office separating it to two entities through a series of alternating glass shields along two parallel lines, protecting from the droplets and allowing air and documents circulation.
Dimensions & Packaging
Gross Built Area: 133sqm
W15576mm x D10576mm x H2485
Tags
Japan, office, corona, post-pandemic, virus, public, protection, shield, interior, work
Production Technology
Both the counter board and its duplicate hanging down from the ceiling were made as furniture pieces, each separated and assembled onsite. The boards were finished in white veneer, and their bases in black veneer. Only the top of the counter board was finished in special antiviral melamine veneer. The glass sheets were sandwiched using slits cut on both lower and upper boards and fixed using transparent caulking on the top board.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge of this space was the noticeably short design period and a limited budget. Substantially, the creativity was focused into finding a design solution to a global pandemic threat for the guest receiving office spaces. while temporary solutions have seen the light along the pandemic period, few have the potential of surviving the time challenge. The next step was to study different scenarios and make simulation to guarantee the efficiency of the solution.
Research
The research in this project was conducted to find out how to ensure safety in a guest receiving office space in the time of global pandemic. The goal was to find a compromise between total safety of the users and the aesthetic values that the company cheers so dearly. What are the materials to be used and what kind of atmosphere that prevents depression or paranoia in these difficult times? But also, a design that can be operational and feels normal long after the pandemic is over.
Inspiration
This space was inspired by a multitude of solutions that have emerged in response to the global pandemic, that were put together in a way to respond to the functionality needs of the clients operational mode. The imperfections of each solution or the aesthetic value has evolved into the proposed project. All types of spaces from medical facilities to banking institutions were part of the study, that transcended the real world to step on SciFi spaces.
Project Duration
Project start: August 2020.
Construction start: September 2020.
Project/Construction End: October 2020.

Location:
Osaka City, Japan.
Operation Flow
The counter divides the space into two major entities. The guest area on the entrance door side and the staff area in the back. The undulation of the counter in a thunder shape creates separate subspaces that starches from the entrance side to the other side of the room. First is the reception counter, which is supplemented by a high counter. This is followed by four consultation tables. The last consultation table is doubled by a video projection film for online meetings.
Team Members
Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama
Image Credits
Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, NewNormal, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, NewNormal, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, NewNormal, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, NewNormal, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, NewNormal, 2020.

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