Yanase Takashi Museum - Anpanman Museum
1224-2 Mirabu, Kahoku, Kami, Kochi, JAPAN
A place where people meet people
| Architect | Nobuaki Furuya +Sachiko Yagi + NASCA |
|---|---|
| Usage | Museum |
| Structure | RC |
| Size | B1/4F |
| Site area | 3,766.70 m2 |
| Area | 901.89 m2 |
| Completion | 1996.06 |
| Award | Premium Award, Architectural Institute of Japan 2000, Public Architectural Award 2003 |
| Publishing | Shinkenchiku 1996.11, GA JAPAN 23 |
This is an exhibition facility commemorating Takashi Yanase, a manga artist from Kahoku town, Kochi prefecture. Mr. Yanase writes works one after another, so as the exhibition changes, it becomes an ‘in progress’ museum. To open the museum architecture, which tends to be windowless to the surrounding environment, the main exhibition room and theatre are placed inside the ‘skin’ part of the building, the central ‘body’ part is completely hollowed out so you can see through to the mountain behind it. We also used the excavated earth to create an artificial hill in front of the building. The bridge makes it possible to go to and from the plaza on the national highway side without intersecting with cars.
Photos: Furudate Katsuaki