Ryue Nishizawa
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of iwan baan |
recently welcomed visitors of the 2010 setouchi international art festival held on seven islands in the takamatsu port area, japan. hugging a hilly site on the island of teshima, the museum resembles a droplet of water caught in the middle of gliding across the land.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos--the museum adjacent to the nearby rice terraces |
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| Photo © Courtesy of prkbkr |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos |
Overlooking the inland sea to the north, the collaborative project was designed to interact
with its wooded surrounding, pushing the tangible boundary between architecture and nature.two large elliptical openings define and orient the space while letting the interior collect pieces of the elements: pools of water accumulate on the floor and freely shift and migrate according to the breeze's direction; the sounds from the sea and foliage reverberate through the open space while the ambiance is in constant change according to the sun's position and time of day.
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| Photo © Courtesy of iwan baan |
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| Photo © Courtesy of prkbkr--art museum in context |
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| Photo © Courtesy of iwan baan--exterior view |
the gallery space is not a result of encapsulation but a careful negotiation between the earth and the sky. visitors are encouraged to freely walk around the 40 by 60 meter museum and connect with the present phenomena.
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| Photo © Courtesy of iwan baan--looking in to the interior |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos |
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| Photo © Courtesy of lllabo--collected rain water inside the museum |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos--large cut-out |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos |
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| Photo © Courtesy of ryue nishizawa |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos--a part of rei naito's work entitled 'matrix' |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Noboru Morikawa Photos |
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| Photo © Courtesy of designboom--a model of the teshima art museum as seen at the 2010 venice architecture biennale |
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| situation plan--drawing Courtesy of Ryue Nishizawa |
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| contextual site plan--drawing Courtesy of naoshima fukutake art museum foundation |
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| floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Ryue Nishizawa |
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| section--drawing Courtesy of Ryue Nishizawa |
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| Photo © Courtesy of designboom |
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| Photo © Courtesy of designboom |
About Ryue Nishizawa:
Born in 1966, nishizawa joined kazuyo sejima & associates in 1990, established SANAA with her in 1995, and established his own practice in 1997. along with sejima, he was awarded the pritzker architecture prize in 2010. significant works include, 'honmura lounge and archive' (2005, naoshima), 'moriyama house' (2005, tokyo), and the 'towada art center' (2008, aomori).
About Rei Naito:
Born in hiroshima in 1961, naito's major exhibitions and projects include 'being given' (2001, kinza, art house project, benesse art site naoshima), 'un luogo sulla terra' (1997, japanese pavilion, 47th venice biennale), 'tout anial est dans le monde comme de l'eau a interieur de l'eau' (2009, museum of modern art, kamakura).
Visitor Information
| Closed | Tuesdays (March 1 - November 30) Mondays to Thursdays (December 1 - last day of February) Open on Mondays and Tuesdays for national holidays but closed the next day. December 26 - January 5, 2012. Open May 3. Temporarily closed for maintenance June 6-9, 2012. Open August 16. |
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| Hours | 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Last admittance: 4:00 p.m.) / March 1 - September 30 10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Last admittance: 3:30 p.m.) / October 1 - last day of February |
| Admission | ¥1,500 (free for children 15 and under) |
| Location | 607 karato, Teshima, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa 7614662 Japan Tel. +81-(0)879-68-3555 (Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation Teshima Office) Fax. +81-(0)879-68-2182 |
The people
Architects: Ryue Nishizawa
Location: Teshima Island, Tonosho-cho, Shozu-gun, Kagawa, Japan
