Case studies
Project : Chichu Art Museum Location : Naoshima Island, Japan. Architect : Tadao Ando The museum was constructed in 2004 as a site rethinking the relationship between nature and people. The museum was built mostly underground to avoid affecting the beautiful natural scenery of the Seto Inland sea.
Image.45. An ariel view of the museum
Despite being primarily subterranean, the museum lets in an abundance of natural light that changes the appearance of the artworks and the ambience of the space itself with the passage of time, throughout the day all along four seasons,year. Taking considerations of ideas from artists and architect to each other, the museum in its entirety can be seen as a very large site-specific artwork.
Image.46. The entrance space
The whole building has conceived as a part of existing terrain and as mergeing into the existing landscape.
Image.47. The main exhibition space - daylight from wall - roof junction
Image.49. Iso view of the ceiling in exhibition space
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Image.48. Section that shows the opening type
| Art Exhibition space using Daylight