21-21 Design Sight
(20 vote, 78.00% worth checking out) 
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Minato-ku
Tokyo
Japan
coordinates: 35.6674614,139.7305298
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Building names(s): 21-21 Design Sight
Architect/Designer: Tadao Ando + Issey Miyake
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Completion date: 2007
function(s): gallery, museum
credentials/awards: 2009 March BOM, BOM
Opening hours:
11:00～20:00 (entrance until 19:30)
Closed Tuesday.
Admission cost:
General 1,000yen / University student 800yen / High and Junior high school student 50yen /Ages 12 and under may enter for free.
Please be advised that hours, closures, and admission fees may vary according to the type of exhibition or event.
gallery website: www.2121designsight.jp
getting there:
1 min. walk from the exit to Tokyo Midtown / Roppongi station on the Toei Oedo Line
5 min. walk from Exit 6 / Roppongi station on the Tokyo metro Hibiya Line and Exit 3 Nogizaka station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Site area: 2,039.15 m2
Building area: 394.93 m2
Floor area: 1,732.61 m2
Exhibition area: 576m2［Gallery 1: 133m2、Gallery 2: 443m2］
Structure:
Reinforced concrete + steel; 1 story and 1 basement; height=4.8m; ceiling height=5.0m (Gallery 1), 4.8m (Gallery 2)
2 comments/reviews
Rawlings says:
Apr 12, 2012
In the park behind the high-end Tokyo Midtown shopping centre, two sleek, triangular shards of concrete and glass rise from the ground. 21_21 Design Sight is a signature work by Tadao Ando, and Japan’s first design museum. Once you venture beyond the trapezoid lobby, you discover that 70% of the building is underground, but the exhibits still look great thanks to a large light-well and clever spotlighting. Directed by three of Japan’s most famous designers – Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh, and Naoto Fukusawa – 21_21 Design Sight’s exhibitions present the most artistic examples of international design, from Shiro Kuramata’s classic resin “Miss Blanche” chairs to images of Christo’s wrapped public monuments.
quote: tokyo midtown says:
Mar 9, 2009
Design demands the power to discern all things, while bringing clear insight into play at the same time. In Britain and America, outstanding eyesight is described as “20/20 vision” (or sight), as well as “perfect vision.” Working from this nomenclature, a search was made for a name that would express the concept of “a venue to convey designs seeing further ahead.” Following considerable contemplation, the decision was made to adopt the name “21_21 Design Sight.”