Pure Semicircles
Pure Semicircles School by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a winner of the 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design.
Pure Semicircles is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
Explore This Amazing WorkPure Semicircles School
Pure Semicircles is a preparatory and cram school in Osaka, Japan. The institution focuses on creating a leaning space which stimulates student senses to help them dive into their lessons while still providing a cozy and relaxing environment. The space features semicircular shapes in a variety of aspects and dimensions. The reception space is a semicircle reflecting on a mirrored median wall to become a full circle. The ceiling is covered in a rippled stainless steel that extends the space further onto the third dimensions while being highlighted with a surrounding linear indirect light.
Featured Design
Pure Semicircles by Tetsuya Matsumoto
Core Functionality
School
Accolades
Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Winner in 2025.
Bronze Winner
Pure Semicircles School
Pure Semicircles is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Pure Semicircles is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Pure Semicircles splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Tetsuya Matsumoto
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.
View Winner ProfileWinner Client
Seigakusha Co., Ltd.
Seigakusha is the company that oversees the kaisei education group that specializes in Cram school and preparatory schools for final exams. The group was created in 1982 and grew up to welcome more than 27000 students annually from various levels of the Japanese education system. The groups spans geographically to cover prefectures of Osaka, Shiga, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Tokushima, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba.
Winner Brand
KTX archiLAB by MATSUYA ART WORKS.Co.Ltd.
Design your solution. architecture design, interior design, landscape design
View Brand ProfileRead The Inside Story
Discover in-depth story of the Pure Semicircles, a School designed by the highly esteemed Tetsuya Matsumoto, awarded with the very prestigious A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award. Explore more about the intricate details and the story behind this unique School now.
Pure Semicircles SchoolResources for Journalists
Press Kit Downloads
Download the comprehensive press kit for Pure Semicircles, including high-resolution images, press releases, and detailed work descriptions. Get all the essential materials you need to create compelling stories about the award-winning Pure Semicircles School.
Press Releases
Read the official press release announcing Pure Semicircles as a winner of the prestigious A' Design Award. The award-winner press release provides an overview of the Pure Semicircles School's unique features, innovation, and impact.
Media Showcase
Explore the media showcase dedicated to Pure Semicircles at Design|Newsroom, gain easy access to a wide range of media assets, including high-resolution images, videos, and additional resources related to the award-winning Pure Semicircles School.
Elevate Your Interior Brand with the A' Design Award
Gain Global Recognition, Boost Credibility, and Attract New Customers and Media to Your Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Showcase your best interior space and exhibition design work to a global audience
- Gain credibility and trust with prestigious awards
- Benefit from extensive media coverage and exposure
- Attract new customers and partners
- Receive expert feedback and evaluation
Seigakusha Co., Ltd.
"Pure Semicircles School" - Bronze A' Design Award Winner
Discover Now
World's Best Designs
Explore the Wonderful World of A' Design Award
Discover World's Leading Designers, Star Architects, Greatest Innovators and Best Brands
making a positive impact with good design that benefit and advance society.
Enter your work now for a chance to join the ranks of the World's Leading Brands, Designers and Architects.
Join A' Design Award
Feel Good with A' Design Award : It's completely FREE to sign up for an account, Without any obligations to upload a design or nominate a work. Uploading your work is FREE, and you keep your copyrights. Getting a Preliminary Score is FREE and confidential, with no obligations to nominate. If you decide to nominate, there is a one-time fee to have your work voted by grand jury panel. If you win, there are no contractually obligated winner fees for Professional, Digital and Vision Edition laureates. The comprehensive and complete A' Design Prize is provided FREE to eligible Professional Edition winners!
Sign-Up for Free Now Discover A' Design PrizePreliminary Deadline Ends in:
Don't miss the opportunity to get a FREE Preliminary Score for your design!
Get Your Free Preliminary Score NowRegister now to receive:
- Indicative and free preliminary scores
- Additional jury feedback and suggestions
- Opportunity to improve your presentation
The registration process is simple:
- Create a free account
- Upload your design for free
- Receive your Preliminary Score within a few days