Aizu Memorial Museum, Waseda University
Shinjyuku, Tokyo, JAPAN
| Architect | Furuya Nobuaki+NASCA |
|---|---|
| Usage | Museum |
| Structure | RC |
| Size | 1B/7F |
| Site area | 73,659.56㎡ |
| Area | 1,510.61㎡ |
| Completion | 1998.05 |
| Award | Premium Award, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), 2002 |
| Publishing | Shinkenchiku 1998.07 |
The renovation of the library building originally designed by Kenji IMAI creates a museum for the exhibition of the Yaichi Aizu collection of oriental art and Ainu artifacts. Proposed as a 'library to read things', the museum provides for the relaxed and extended viewing of the exhibition contents and their histories. In the space where once large reading desks were lined up, glass cases without frames are laid out in grid as though tables with exibits are lined up in a orderly manner. A series of display cases sitting below eye level allow an uninterrupted view of the single exhibition space with no fixed route. A series of benches between cases and stools integrated into the cases themselves allow for undisturbed viewing and the comfort of the visitor.