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Machida City International Museum of Craft Art

2015Unbuild

CAnYasuyuki Ito

This is a design for a craft museum to be built adjacent to the printmaking art museum, within the lushly vegetated grounds of Serigaya Park. The proposal envisions a compact museum that minimizes environmental impact by preserving the existing vegetation and topography as much as possible.

Serigaya Park, the construction site, lies in a valley with a height difference of approximately 20 meters between the center of Machida and the park itself. The building's height is adjusted to follow the natural slope of the hill, with the top floor aligning with the urban level. To accommodate this elevation change, three access routes have been planned for visitors coming from Machida Station, local residents, and others:
1.A staircase connecting the upper hillside to the museum entrance, passing beneath the eaves and linking the structure to the park.
2.An exterior circulation path that descends from the rooftop terrace to the ground floor, offering scenic views of the surrounding greenery.
3.An accessible route that connects the upper hillside to the rooftop terrace via a bridge, with an elevator providing access to the ground floor.

Additionally, the design aims for the entire building to blend seamlessly into the surrounding landscape. Various types of processed reinforced glass are used on the exterior, reflecting the greenery and sky in varying degrees to harmonize with the environment. The building's form is softly contoured to avoid an imposing presence and to integrate naturally with the lush scenery, making it well-suited to its location.

DATA

Location Machida city,Tokyo
Principal use Museum
Structure RC Structure
Number of stories 4 stories + 1 basement
Floor area
Building area
Total floor area
113,651㎡
1,156㎡
3,362㎡
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