Museum Commercial Building

Architecture Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Architecture, Building and Structure Design.

Museum Commercial Building
by Hiromoto Oki

Awarded April 15, 2020
CLIENT: OOKI Architects & Associates
7.950

Museum is a commercial building located in Wakayama, Japan. The building is situated in a quayside area and from a boat it seems to float on the sea, and from a car, it gives the incredible impression of swaying, so that it is intimately linked with the visual qualities of the marine environment. This impression of swaying takes place because a glass wall and the inner solid wall have different design properties, and as a consequence create this unlikely but beautiful effect. The facility aims to be both a centre of culture in Tanabe and also to provide a vital area for recreation.

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