Takaharu and Yui Tezuka inserted a sleek exhibition tubewithin the rugged steel armature at the new MATSUNOYAMA SCIENCEMUSEUM.
This article focuses on the design and construction of architects Takaharu and Yui Tezuka's scheme for the Echigo-Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum in Japan, done in collaboration with architect and engineer Masahiro Ikeda. Commissioned for the 2003 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, a regional event th...
| Publicado en: | Architectural Record Vol. 192; no. 1; pp. 118 - 124 |
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BNP Media
Jan2004
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| Sumario: | This article focuses on the design and construction of architects Takaharu and Yui Tezuka's scheme for the Echigo-Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum in Japan, done in collaboration with architect and engineer Masahiro Ikeda. Commissioned for the 2003 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, a regional event that included public sculpture and new buildings by the Dutch firm MVRDV project occupies a beautiful site 145 miles north of Tokyo where mountains meet fields once cultivated for rice. A clear departure from the glass-and-steel structures typical of many Japanese architects today, the heavily armored museum looks more like an industrial relic than a brand-new cultural facility. |
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