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Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu by Masakatsu Matsuyama

Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu by Masakatsu Matsuyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Gümüş Ödülü in Mimarlık, Bina ve Yapı Tasarımı Competition Category.


GümüşMimarlık· 2025

Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu

by Masakatsu Matsuyama

Client: Global Crest

A' Design Award Gümüş Ödülü Winner in Mimarlık Category

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The Design

About Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu

Global Crest Kita Omura, Japonya'nın Nagasaki ilindeki Omura kentinde yer alan bir otomobil bayisi teşhir salonudur. Arsa, batısında Omura Körfezi, doğusunda ise Tatara Dağları bulunan, ender rastlanan düz bir tarım arazisi üzerindedir. Yapının üç cephesi tamamen camla kaplanmış olup çevredeki peyzaj iç mekândan görünür kalmaktadır. Dört metre konsol saçaklara sahip geniş çatı, dört metrelik bir akslama üzerine yerleştirilmiş ince 75 milimetrelik kare çelik kolonlarla taşınmaktadır. Korunaklı dış mekân, araç teslimatı ve araçların sergilenmesi için kullanılmaktadır. Toplam inşaat alanı 705,68 metrekaredir.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gümüş Ödülü

Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu, A' Design Award Gümüş Ödülü kazananıdır; bu, göz alıcı, yüce ve etkileyici birinci sınıf tasarımlara verilen olağanüstü prestijli bir tanınırlıktır. Gümüş kazananlar, tasarımcılarının olağanüstü uzmanlığını, yeteneğini ve keskin zekasını gösteren son derece parlak ve çok yaratıcı eserlerdir. Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu, harika, örnek gösterilen, dikkat çekici derecede profesyonel ve derinlemesine yenilikçi bir eser olması beklenir. A' Design Award Gümüş Ödülü kazanan bu tasarım, sanat, bilim, tasarım ve teknolojinin sınırlarına fayda sağlayan ve onları ilerleten oldukça dikkat çekici, beğenilen bir buluştur. Global Crest Kita Omura Otomobil Bayisi Teşhir Salonu, büyük kıskançlıkla bakılan, arzuları uyandıran, olumlu duygular getiren ve şaşkınlık ve hayranlık uyandıran bir yaratımdır.

Behind the Design

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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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