Tetsuya Matsumoto ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Pure Semicircles ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2025 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
ᱠᱟᱥᱟᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ· 2025
Pure Semicircles ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ
Tetsuya Matsumoto ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ
ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Seigakusha Co., Ltd.
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Pure Semicircles ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ
ᱯᱭᱩᱨ ᱥᱮᱢᱤᱥᱟᱨᱠᱚᱞᱥ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱥᱟᱠᱟ ᱥᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱤᱵᱟᱨᱟᱠᱤ ᱚᱲᱟᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱨᱟᱢ ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶ᱾ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ, ᱠᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱮᱢ ᱦᱚᱪᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱟᱜᱚ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱢ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱥᱚᱭ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱚᱱ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱛᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱸ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱰ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱨᱮᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱦᱩᱭᱭᱟ ᱥᱮᱢᱤᱥᱟᱨᱠᱩᱞᱮᱨ ᱨᱤᱥᱮᱯᱥᱚᱱ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱛᱮ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱰᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱤ ᱠᱚᱢᱛᱷᱚ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱸ ᱟᱫᱮᱨᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱠ ᱟᱰ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟ ᱾ ᱪᱟᱸᱰᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱮᱸᱰᱮ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱮᱴᱮᱸᱰᱮᱰ ᱥᱴᱮᱱᱞᱮᱥ ᱥᱴᱤᱞ ᱥᱤᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱟᱨᱟᱜ ᱡᱷᱚᱴᱚ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱨᱚᱥᱱᱟᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱦᱟᱨᱩ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱᱰᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱸ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱲᱚᱠ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱮᱢ ᱦᱚᱪᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱢᱨᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱴᱮᱵᱮᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱷᱤᱞᱤᱝ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱩᱴᱮᱨ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾
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Pure Semicircles ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Pure Semicircles ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱞ ᱚᱲᱦᱚᱛ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
- ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
- Pure Semicircles is a cram school located in Osaka. The school offers a pure space with minimal lines and shapes where the students can focus on their subjects. Greenery maintains a strong presence to provide a relaxing atmosphere and wood blinds help create warmth in a rather minimalist white space. The main design point is the semicircular entrance with ripples stainless steel ceiling reflecting the space and a mirrored wall in the median that completes the circle.
- ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
- Gross Built Area: 149.69sqm
W20330mm x D13230mm x H2470mm - ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
- Japan, school, education, students, ripple, Osaka, minimalist, reflection, students, office
- ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
- The space was created using drywall techniques and mostly finished in wall cloth.
The ceiling is made with rippled stainless steel sheets. The semicircle reception space has a mirror in the median line that reflects it and completes the circular form. The lighting is secured through linear light sources in the middle of the stainless steel and around it as well. The study room is equipped with downlights. - ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
- The creative challenge was mostly how to make a school fashionable in the eyes of teenage students, fulfil its functional duty, all of this in a relatively narrow space and a relatively limited budget. How to keep a space pure while still making it cozy. How to make it rich in materiality while keeping it minimalist and not distracting. The answer was by using unique materials such as the rippled stainless steel for the ceiling, mirrored walls, greenery, and wood blinds.
- ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ
- Pure Semicircles design has two axes of research. The first one is aimed at guaranteeing an atmosphere where students can focus on learning while still enjoying the space and relaxing. The second one is aimed at visually creating a space that is attractive in a relatively narrow room that is surrounded by windows that overlook the bustling city outside. The quest was to find a middle between the two.
- ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
- This design is inspired by the function of the space. Schools need to have spaces that provide an atmosphere where students can concentrate on their studies. But they also need to be cozy and offer relaxed and playful places. More than just study desks, schools need to become attractive and interesting to their main users, teenagers who are already building their lives into our contemporary society.
- ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
- Project start: September 2024.
Construction starts: December 2024.
Project/Construction End: January 2025.
Location:
Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan. - ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
- The entrance gives straight to a semicircular reception space doubled by a mirrored wall. The reception leads then to the consultation booth where parents, students and staff can talk. The other side is occupied by offices. In the middle the space opens to the study space with a central table and a counter on the window side. Another arched opening leads to the second study room which is a counter along the windows.
- ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
- ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ
- Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf Photography, Pure Semicircles, 2025.
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