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Yawara

Ryo Matsui Architects

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Countless aluminum pipes form a wall that envelops the players. - Yawara_01
Walls made up of pipes of different sizes reflect sunlight at various angles of incidence, changing its appearance. - Yawara_02
Sculptures inserted in glass boxes harmonize and humanize the building. - Yawara_03
Countless aluminum pipes form a wall that envelops the players. - Yawara_01

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Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Wellness Space
6.52
6.35
6.81
5.63
6.33
Waad El Hadidy
Waad El Hadidy Design Director at SH Hotels and Resorts/Starwood Capital Group
Beautiful sculptural space. Would h...
7
5
6
5
5.75
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
I would have loved to understand so...
6
5
7
5
5.75
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
Showing a (fashion) store without p...
5
5
7
5
5.5
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
6
7
7
5
6.25
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
It's difficult to judge a retail pr...
5
5
8
5
5.75
Rosie Morley
Rosie Morley Principal at Fender Katsalidis
This reads as sculpture across all...
8
8
8
5
7.25
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
7
7
7
5
6.5
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
Really lovely atmosphere in this sp...
7
8
8
6
7.25
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
I think this is really beautiful en...
7
8
7
7
7.25
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
Beautiful project and space! It wou...
7
8
8
5
7
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
6
6
8
6
6.5
Shao Feng
Shao Feng Architectural Photographer at SFAP
The sculptural view frame structure...
7
8
7
6
7
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Health Club of the Year
6.89
6.94
7.14
5.98
6.74
Waad El Hadidy
Waad El Hadidy Design Director at SH Hotels and Resorts/Starwood Capital Group
Beautiful sculptural space. Would h...
7
5
6
5
5.75
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
I would have loved to understand so...
6
5
7
5
5.75
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
Showing a (fashion) store without p...
5
5
7
5
5.5
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
6
7
7
5
6.25
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
It's difficult to judge a retail pr...
5
5
8
5
5.75
Rosie Morley
Rosie Morley Principal at Fender Katsalidis
This reads as sculpture across all...
8
8
8
5
7.25
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
7
7
7
5
6.5
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
Really lovely atmosphere in this sp...
7
8
8
6
7.25
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
I think this is really beautiful en...
7
8
7
7
7.25
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
Beautiful project and space! It wou...
7
8
8
5
7
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
6
6
8
6
6.5
Shao Feng
Shao Feng Architectural Photographer at SFAP
The sculptural view frame structure...
7
8
7
6
7
Client
Mindset
Floor area
282 ㎡
Completion
2021
Lighting

A new facility that combines a “jiu-jitsu” and a personal training to support overall wellbeing. We proposed a perceptual environment that aims to maximize the athlete's performance through dynamic encounters between the person and the environment. The location is in the urban area of Tokyo, and it was planned on the top two floors of skyscraper. 

The atrium is surrounded by a 10-meter-high glass curtain wall. The lower floor, which will be used as a jujutsu dojo, is zoned with curved surface against a distorted floor plan, aiming for a space composition without frontality. The gently curving wall surface is constructed from a random series of 414 aluminum pipes including seven different sizes from φ30-150. The depth of the appearance, which changes depending on the position of the viewer, is like a natural object, and it has an aspect that brings out the human instinct. In addition, the seamless detail without edges not only looks beautiful, but also has a shape that will not hurt the body even if the athlete touches the wall during the competition. 

The upper floor, which is used as a training gym, has a spatial configuration that sandwiches the training area between two wave-shaped walls. Corrugated sheets of 4200-4600 mm high and 800 mm wide were welded and buffed on site to create a giant mirror wave without joints. The mirrored corrugated plate, dyed translucent green, changes its appearance depending on the weather and time of day, and it is being as an installation to motivate athletes. In the atrium, an ultra-lightweight tensegrity fabricated from carbon fiber is suspended to develop a connection between the upper and lower floors. Sculptural forms inserted into an inorganic building covered with glass create an environment that responds to the body.