Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室 by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

金室內· 2021

Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Matsuo Gakuin

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室

對於自 Covid-19 大流行爆發以來的第一個辦公室來說，松尾學院面臨的挑戰是找到一種解決方案來保護其辦公室用戶，同時保持公司一直珍惜的美學價值。一張雷形桌子沿著辦公室延伸，將空間劃分為員工區和賓客區。玻璃板夾在木板和懸掛在天花板上的複製品之間。玻璃面板交替穿過兩條間隔 20 公分的平行線。這種佈置形成保護罩，同時允許空氣和文件流通。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Toshin PostPandemic 辦公室激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

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.