Tetsuya matsumoto

Japan | Total Awards: 25 | Total Score: 104

Tetsuya Matsumoto is the founder and Head Architect Designer at KTX archiLAB based in Japan, and a Lecturer of a space design course at Osaka University of Art. After graduating from the same university, he specialized in commercial space design and built a large portfolio of projects varying both in type and scale, from shops and restaurants to offices and clinics, and from a small pharmacy to a large Hospital. Tetsuya has received more than a hundred local and international design awards and became a jury member for several prestigious prizes.

Tetsuya matsumoto Specializations and Capabilities

Category	Ranking	Awards	Score
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	8	17	68
Architecture, Building and Structure Design	18	7	33
Spatial Design	71	1	3

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Awards Distribution

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Total Awards: 25
Total Score: 104
Average Score: 4.16
Top Categories:
- 17 awards in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Worldwide.
- 7 awards in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Worldwide.
- 1 awards in Spatial Design Worldwide.

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LuxLinea

LuxLinea

Primary Function

Ophthalmology Clinic

Description

Lux Linea is an ophthalmology clinic in Shibuya, Tokyo. The new addition to Total Eye Care clinics in the heart of the Japanese capital takes place on the ground floor of a mixed use building. Lux Linea design addresses two main issues. Glass reflections, and patients privacy. The clinic operates mostly during daytime, when the bright daylight reflects on the glass, obstructing visibility to the inside. The clinic employs a series of panel that plays with light lines through the glazed facades to connect with its surrounding urban environment.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Silver	2024	Eye Care Clinic

Daiichi

Daiichi

Primary Function

Hospital

Description

Daiichi Hospital is moving to the new replacement building of its older blocks. The new design explores the idea of breaking up the monolithic blocks of modern hospitals without losing the functionality aspect crucial to a healthcare facility. The hospital is located along the national road No. 2. The north facade is designed to look like a thin sheet with playful random width window openings. A series of surface duplication slides toward the east creating an open book effect as an angle treatment and signaling the building's main entrance.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Architecture, Building and Structure Design	Silver	2024	Daiichi Hospital

Cloud of Luster

Cloud of Luster

Primary Function

Wedding Chapel

Description

The Cloud of luster is a wedding chapel located inside a wedding ceremony hall in Himeji city, Japan. The design tries to translate the modern wedding ceremony spirit into physical space. The chapel is all white, a cloud shape enveloped almost entirely in curved glass opening it to the surrounding garden and water basin. The columns are toped in hyperbolic capital like heads smoothly connecting them to the minimalistic ceiling. The chapel socle on the basin side is a hyperbolic curve allowing the whole structure to appear as if it is floating on the water and accentuate its lightness.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Architecture, Building and Structure Design	Platinum	2020	117 Group

Toshin PostPandemic

Toshin PostPandemic

Primary Function

Office

Description

For its first created office since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenge Matsuo Gakuin was facing is to find a solution for protecting its office users while keeping the aesthetic values the company has always cherished. A thunder shaped table runs along the office dividing the space into staff and guest areas. Glass panels were sandwiched between the board and its duplicate hanging from the ceiling. The glass panels run alternatively through two parallel lines separated by 20cm space. This disposition forms a protective shield while allowing air and documents circulation.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Gold	2021	Matsuo Gakuin

Nautilus

Nautilus

Primary Function

Restaurant

Description

The Grand Blue Express is a luxury aquarium dining restaurant in Ueno, Tokyo. The renovated space limited to 95sqm took on the 5th floor of a mixed used building. Inspired by luxury trains, the design tries to overcome the small space limitations to both accommodate the aquariums and provide the luxurious atmosphere the restaurant aims to implement. The dining room takes the form of a corridor coach that serves the individual cabins on both sides. each cabin is equipped with its aquarium installed to mimic the train windows, creating the impression to be inside a train cruising underwater.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Silver	2022	Nautilus Ueno

The PolyCuboid

The PolyCuboid

Primary Function

Office Building

Description

The PolyCuboid is the new headquarter building for TIA, a company that provides insurance services. The first floor was shaped by the limits of the site and the 700mm diameter water pipe that is crossing the site underground limiting foundation space. The metallic structure dissolves into the diverse blocs of the composition. The pillars and beams vanish from the space syntax, projecting the impression of an object, while also eliminating that of a building. The volumetric design is inspired by TIA’s Logo turning the building itself into an icon representing the company.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Architecture, Building and Structure Design	Gold	2020	TIA Co., Ltd.,

The OmniDirectional

The OmniDirectional

Primary Function

Internal Medicine Clinic

Description

The OmniDirectional is an internal medicine clinic located in a Japanese suburban town of Hyogo prefecture. The core of the clinic is the endoscopy room, naturally placing it in a central position both spatially and functionally. The entrance gives directly to the central axis of the waiting room, ending in the reception counter followed by a glass opening that showcases the endoscopy room. The materiality of the clinic also plays an essential role for highlighting the endoscopy room as the core of the building by contrasting the materiality of the exterior, interior, and the endoscopy room.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Architecture, Building and Structure Design	Silver	2021	Toshi Naika Clinic

Toshin Takarazuka

Toshin Takarazuka

Primary Function

School Office

Description

For its Second created office since the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic, the challenge Matsuo Gakuin was facing is to find a solution for protecting its office users while keeping the aesthetic values the company has always cherished. Two broken thunder shaped tables take place in the office dividing the space into staff and guest areas. glass panels were sandwiched between the board and its duplicate hanging from the ceiling. the glass panels run alternatively through parallel lines. This disposition forms a protective shield while allowing air and documents circulation.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Bronze	2022	Matsuo Gakuin.

Wavy Stillness

Wavy Stillness

Primary Function

Sports Bar

Description

The Wavy Stillness is a hospitality establishment compelled to combine two rather different atmospheres, cafe by day, and a sports bar by the evening. This combination, add to the hint of luxury service the establishment is providing, generates a hybrid space of a new kind. The wall behind the counter is covered in a wavy three-dimensional stainless steel sheet creating a dynamic reflection that changes according to the viewer's angle. Furthermore, in contemplation of hosting Sports public viewing events, 21 screens have been arranged in four different combinations.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Bronze	2022	C-UPS cafe and sports bar

Lumiere

Lumiere

Primary Function

Hair Salon

Description

Pinning the light is a permanent installation introducing experiential art to beauty space. This renovation work takes on a previously standard Japanese convenience store turning it into a Hair Salon. To reduce the cost of the renovation, the walls and ceiling were finished with raw OSB boards. 120000 golden headed thumbtacks were pushed over the central wall generating a scintillating surface. The pins sparkles by reflecting outdoor sunlight on daytime and the indoor lighting at night. The reflection changes according to the light and the position of the viewer in an interactive fashion.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Bronze	2022	Lumiere beauty Salon

Moritomi

Moritomi

Primary Function

Japanese Restaurant

Description

The relocation of Moritomi, a restaurant offering Japanese cuisine, next to the world heritage Himeji Castle explores the relationships between materiality, shape and traditional architectonics interpretation. The new space tries to reproduce the castle stone fortifications pattern in various materials including rough and polished stones, black oxide coated steel, and tatami mats. A floor made in small resin coated gravels represents the castle moat. Two colors, white and black, flows like water from outside, and crossing the wooden lattice decorated entrance door, to the reception hall.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Silver	2020	Moritomi

The Parallel Blue

The Parallel Blue

Primary Function

Aquarium Dining

Description

Located in one of the most bustling nightlife spots in Japan, The Parallel Blue offers a new aquarium dining experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Challenging the ocean-themed possibilities in the heart of the concrete jungle, the new restaurant turns the simple hospitality environment into an immersive space where dinners are submerged in an aquarium universe. To create the immersive experience, walls were finished in mirrors and the ceiling in similarly reflective aluminum panels expending the space in all directions and recreating the oceanic life in a surrounding environment.

Details

Category	Award Status	Year	Designed For
Interior Space and Exhibition Design	Iron	2021	Starlinks.Co.Ltd

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