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NEZU MUSUEM
LOCATION : MINATO, TOKYO
COORDINATES : 35.6623° N, 139.7171° E
ARCHITECT : KENGO KUMA
RENOVATED : 2009
TYPOLOGY : MUSUEM
STYLE : NERITSUKE (BAMBOO)
AREA : 20000 SQ.M
BUILT-UP AREA : 4014 SQ.M
AVG FOOTFALL/YEAR : 20LAKH

Kengo Kuma and associates wanted the new museum to be linked

naturally with its surroundings by the shade from the gentle slope of
the roof, located between the busy commercial area and the wood.

The design theme for this museum in the center of Tokyo consisted
of adopting a unique roof design to blend the interior space with the
garden. The interior display space was made integral with the garden
by providing large glass openings in an attempt to merge the garden,
building and artwork. Surrounded by a verdant garden and featuring
a bamboo lined approach, the focus was to create spiritual art space
that provides a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city.

CONSTRUCTION:
Layered tiled roof with lowered eaves inherit the original image of
the museum and harmonize the new building and the garden. They
intended to merge the edge of such linear element to the wood. The
end of the rood is a steel plate treated in phosphoric acid to be
thinned to its maximum, so that the tile would match the refined
works of art in the museum, erasing theme park-like sense of
unreality that the tiles tend to have.
ACCESSIBILITY EXHIBITS CIRCULATION

THE MEDICAL ATTENDANCE SCHEME (MAS) IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL VISITORS • CALLIGRPHY ITS IS BROADLY FOLLOWING
• BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN • CERAMICS INTERACTIVE STORYLINE CONCEPT. A
BABY NURSERY TABLE AND BREAST FEEDING ROOM IS AVAILABLE • METALWORKS STORYLINE IS A UNIFYING SERIES FOR
• LESS MOBILITY VISITORS • TEXTILES ALL THEMES IN THE MUSEUM. THE
MAS ATTENDANT SERVICE IS HELPFUL • BUDDHIST ART THREE PARTS OF THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
• VISUAL HADICAPPED (THE MAIN HALL, TEMPORARY
GUIDE DOGS ARE ALLOWED, BRAILLE SCRIPT ON EVERY EXHIBIT SHOWROOM, AND BATIK GALLERY) WILL
• AUDITORY HANDICAPPED BE SUMMARIZED AND CONNECTED
DEAF LOOP SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE WITH A STORYLINE THAT UNITES ALL
• OSTOMATE VISITORS THREE. A STORYLINE ALSO CONNECTING
OSTAMATE TOILETS ARE AVAILABLE EVERY COLLECTION CATEGORY IN THE
MUSEUM IN A SETTING.
INFERENCES:

• USE OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS LIKE BAMBOO,

SANDSTONE MAKES IT EASY FOR
CONSTRUCTION.

• USE OF LOCAL CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES-

NERITSUKE EMPOWERING ITS TRADITION.

• ENTRANCE WALK-DOWN WITH TREES AROUND

GIVES REFRESHING FEELING.

• UTILISATION OF NATURAL LIGHT WITH THE

USE OF TILED ROOF WITH LOW EAVES.

• LARGE SPACE NEAR EXHIBITS GIVES BARRIER

FREE ENVIRONMENT.

• CIRCULATION IN AND AROUND THE MUSEUM

IS EASY FOR ALL BECAUSE OF ONE LEVEL.

• PROPER LANDSCAPE WITH THICK FOREST

AND GARDEN MAKES THE PLACE FAVOURITE
FOR LOCALS TO VISIT.

• HELPS EXTINCT TRADITIONAL METHODS OF

ARCHITECTURE INTO REVIVAL
SANSKAR KENDRA
LOCATION : AHEMDABAD, GUJARAT
COORDINATES : 23.0131° N, 72.5693° E
ARCHITECT : LE CORBUSIER
CONSTRUCTED : 1954
TYPOLOGY : MUSUEM
STYLE : MODERNISTIC
BUILT-UP AREA : 2508 SQ.M

THE MUSEUM AT THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF AHMEDABAD, KNOWN AS THE BUILDING ALSO REFELCTS LE CORBUSIER'S FIVE POINTS OF A NEW
SANSKAR KENDRA, IS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT IN AHMEDABAD, ARCHITECTURE, PRINCIPLES THAT HE DEVELOPED TO GUIDE HIS WORK. THESE
THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN INDIA WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND SIX INCLUDE:
MILLION RESIDENTS. IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE SARDAR BRIDGE AROUND 400
METRES FROM THE WESTERN BANK OF THE RIVER SABARMATI, WHICH FLOWS 1. PILOTÍS - THE REPLACEMENT OF SUPPORTING WALLS BY A GRID OF
THROUGH THE CITY. REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS THAT BEAR THE LOAD OF THE STRUCTURE
IS THE BASIS OF THE NEW AESTHETIC
THE CITY HAS A RICH MUSLIM HISTORY AND IS HOME TO LARGE NUMBERS OF 2. ROOF GARDENS – THE FLAT ROOF CAN BE UTILIZED FOR A DOMESTIC
HINDUS, MUSLIMS AND JAINS, WITH MANY RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS CONTINUING PURPOSE WHILE ALSO PROVIDING ESSENTIAL PROTECTION FOR THE
TODAY AND A LARGE NUMBER OF MOSQUES. IT IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE CONCRETE ROOF
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEXTILE AND COTTON SPINNING INDUSTRY. 3. THE FREE DESIGNING OF THE GROUND PLAN - THE ABSENCE OF
SUPPORTING WALLS MEANS THAT THE BUILT FORM IS UNRESTRAINED IN ITS
INTERNAL USAGE
4. THE FREE DESIGN OF FAÇADE BY SEPARATING THE EXTERIOR OF THE
BUILDING FROM ITS STRUCTURAL FUNCTION THE FAÇADE BECOMES FREE
5. THE HORIZONTAL WINDOW - THE FAÇADE CAN BE CUT ALONG ITS ENTIRE
LENGTH TO ALLOW ROOMS TO BE LIT EQUALLY
DAY LIGHTING IN THE CENTRAL COURTYARD
DAY LIGHT PENETRATES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING CREATING A VOID OF LIGHT OR WHAT LE CORBUSIER
DESCRIBES AS A “TRUE HALL OF HONOR" AT THE ENTRY TO A “MUSEUM OF INFINITE EXPANSION". THIS EXPRESSION IS A
TRUE CONTRAST TO THE CONFINED APPROACH BENEATH THE BUILDING UPON ENTRY.
MATERIALS
AS TIMBER IS NOT LOCALLY AVAILABLE IN THIS REGION OF INDIA, THE
BUILDING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED FROM UNFINISHED REINFORCED
CONCRETE AND BRICK FOR THE FAÇADE.
GREENWALL
EACH FAÇADE WAS DESIGNED WITH THE INTENT OF SUPPORTING
PERENNIAL CLIMBING GREEN WALLS, WHICH WOULD ACT AS A
NATURAL ELEMENT OF THERMAL INSULATION. THE GREEN WALL IS
SUPPORTED BY A LARGE EARTH FILLED CONCRETE CHANNEL, WHICH
SURROUNDS THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING AT 2.5 METERS ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL. WHILE THERE IS EVIDENCE OF ITS INTENT, LACK OF
MAINTENANCE OVERTIME HAS LIMITED ITS ABILITY FOR VEGETATION
GROWTH AND THERMAL INSULATION.
GREENROOF
THE ROOF CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 45 CONCRETE BASINS, WHICH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MUSEUM IS
WERE INTENDED TO HOLD PRECISELY 40CM OF WATER. THE SHADE OF FOCUSSED ON THE INTERNAL
THICK VEGETATION OVER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER PREVENTS JOURNEY AS EVIDENCED BY THE
EVAPORATION; THE ROOFTOP IS THE INTENDED FINISH TO THE JOURNEY STACK BOND BRICKWORK FAÇADE
THROUGH THE MUSEUM, OFFERING VIEWS OF THE CITY AMONGST A THAT WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING
FLOURISHING SETTING. AND HAS MINIMAL OPENINGS.
INFINITE EXPANSION STAGES
THE MUSEUM OF COURSE IS NOT LIMITED IN RESPECT TO GROWTH, AND THEREFORE THE
50 X 50 METER SIDES (2500M2) CAN BE EXTENDED TO 84 X 84 METERS (7000M2) BY THE
MEANS OF STANDARD ELEMENTS.

INFERENCES:

• CENTRAL COURTYARD WILL HELP WITH

INCREASING NATURAL VENTILLATION AND
DAYLIGHT IN THE BUILDING.

• COURTYARD ALSO SERVES THE PURPOSE OF

PAUSE / FOCAL POINT WHICH HELPS PEOPLE
TO OWN THE PLACE

• FAÇADE GREENWALL WOULD ACT AS A

NATURAL ELEMENT OF THERMAL
INSULATION.
STRUCTURAL GRID
THE MUSEUM IS CONSTRUCTED WITH LE CORBUSIER'S • STRUCTURAL GRID PATTERN FOR DESIGN
GIVES OPPURTUNITY FOR ORGANISATION OF
SIGNATURE CONCRETE PILOTÍS THAT ARE 3.4 METERS HIGH,
AND SPACED OUT IN A STRUCTURAL GRID OF 7 METERS SPACES AS WELL AS PATHS WAY FOR
FURTHER EXPANSION OF DESIGN.
SQUARED.
• THE BRUTALLISTIC STYLE OF CONSTRUCTION
MADE IT COMPULSORY FOR MAINTAINANCE
OVER TIME RATHER SELF GROWING. – GREEN
FACADES, GREEN ROOFS

• DOUBLE HEIGHT IN EXHIBITION HALL GIVES

SPACE WHICH PROVIDE SOLITUDE BETWEEN
EXHIBITS AND THE VISITORS
 NEZU MUSUEM SANSKAR KENDRA
TOKYO, JAPAN AHEMDABAD, INDIA
MODERNISTIC STYLE MERGED WITH BRUTALLISTIC STYLE
TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
BUILT-UP AREA : 2508 SQ.M BUILT-UP AREA : 4014 SQ.M
IN MINATO, THE SUMMERS ARE SHORT, IN AHMEDABAD, THE WET SEASON IS
WARM, OPPRESSIVE, AND MOSTLY CLOUDY; OPPRESSIVE AND MOSTLY CLOUDY, THE DRY
THE WINTERS ARE COLD, WINDY, AND SEASON IS MOSTLY CLEAR, AND IT IS HOT
MOSTLY CLEAR; AND IT IS WET YEAR ROUND. YEAR ROUND.

CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTED
IN BUSY CITY IN BUSY CITY
WITH THICK NEAR THE BANKS OF
VEGETATION RIVER NARMADA
 MATERIALS USED ARE BAMBOO, MATERIALS USED ARE BRICK,
SANDSTONE, STEEL,… REINFORCED CONCRETE,…
NERITSUKE – LOCAL CONSTRUCTION BRUTALLISTIC FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUE USED STYLE BEEN USED
BARRIER FREE DESIGN, NOT SUPPORTING FOR
INCLUSIVE DESIGN, DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE
UNIVERSALLY ACCESSSIBLE DESIGN
DESIGN: DESIGN:
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM
TWO BUILDING FORMS ONE BUILDING FORM
LARGE AREA FOR CIRCULATION LARGE AREA FOR CIRCULATION

CORE AND SATELITES ROUND TOUR

GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE PROVIDE LOCALS NOT MANY ELEMENTS WHICH SUPPORT
WITH REFRESHING TIME TO SPEND LOCALS TO VISIT
POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT: POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT:
MILD GREAT