National Art Center Tokyo
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Minato-ku 106-8558
Tokyo
Japan
coordinates: 35.6648102,139.7264252
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Building names(s): National Art Center Tokyo
Architect/Designer: Kisho Kurokawa
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function(s): gallery, museum
The National Art Center, Tokyo was designed in a collaborative project between the architect Kisho Kurokawa and Nihon Sekkei, Inc. It was built on the former site of the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo over a period of nearly four years, from July 2002 to May 2006, with factors such as the environment and earthquake safety in mind.
The Center compromises one basement floor and four aboveground floors, with a total floor space of 48,000 square meters.
Transport:
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Nogizaka Station
Exit 6 is directly linked to the Center
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Roppongi Station
5-minute walk from Exit 4a
Toei Oedo Subway Line
Roppongi Station
4-minute walk from Exit 7
website: www.nact.jp
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Quote from Architecture Week says:
Dec 10, 2008
… to be fully understood, the National Art Center Tokyo (NACT) has to be viewed as part of Kurokawa’s development as both a philosopher and an architect, as architectural design it also reflects factors of site, local politics, and culture.
The site was formerly part of a military base built in 1890 between central Tokyo’s Aoyama Cemetery and what later became the city’s most fashionable nightlife center, Roppongi. This is an area that has been undergoing heavy development for the last decade. There was strong pressure for the publicly funded NACT to offer the public some relief from such intense urbanism. Early concept art reflects this by showing a building in lush surroundings with a turfed-over roof.
Another key to the design concept was the decision to make a massive exhibition space that would not have its own collection. At an astounding 171,000 square feet (15,900 square meters), it is the largest exhibition space in a single building in Japan. It is intended to feature several large exhibitions at once, including those by amateur art associations like the Nitten Japan Fine Arts Group, which will use a 108,000-square-foot (10,000-square-meter) space to annually display up to 12,000 works by its members.
read more at Architecture Week online