Museum 商業ビル by Hiromoto Oki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銅建築· 2020
Museum 商業ビル
by Hiromoto Oki
Client: OOKI Architects & Associates
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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About Museum 商業ビル
ミュージアムは和歌山にある商業ビルです。建物は波止場にあり、船からは海に浮いているように見え、車からは揺れているような印象を与え、海洋環境の視覚的性質と密接に関連しています。この揺れる印象は、ガラスの壁と内側の固い壁のデザインプロパティが異なるために発生し、その結果、ありそうもないが美しい効果を生み出します。この施設は、田辺の文化の中心地であると同時に、レクリエーションのための重要なエリアを提供することも目指しています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Museum 商業ビルは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Museum 商業ビルは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Museum 商業ビルは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- From a boat, this quayside building 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. The 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- total floor area: 977.45m2, width: 27.5m, length: 36.2m, height: 9m
- Tags
- Commercial building, waterfront, quayside, glass
- Production Technology
- structure: steel, material: terracotta, glass, aluminium
- Design Challenge
- The building has an amazing view of a bay and a world heritage, Kumano Kodo (part of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range).
The major challenges of this project were to coexist with nature and to have positive effects on marine activities and the waterfront without spoiling the landscape. The facade has warm terracotta, wood-painted glass art, and thin columns; and it creates a sense of unity with nature. This effect creates the impression that the building naturally stands in the scenery. - Research
- We arrived at this design that embraces the waterfront environment and nature around it after researching the historical background of Mori Bay, its importance for the local community, and the characteristics of buildings around the bay.
In the area, the construction of the wharf started in 1934. It was the very first step that made the small local bay into the gateway to the sea for the whole city of Tanabe. Unfortunately, the port was severely damaged during the Nankai Earthquake in 1946; however, it has been restored by local citizens’ efforts and improved one after another. Thus, it has been developed as an essential port that handles and supports local industries such as lumber, gravel, and sand. In order to stand in the middle of nature around it and at the heart of local people’s life, the design direction was carefully chosen to reflect the environment and welcome the local communities. - Inspiration
- Inspired by the surface of the water and environmental issues around the sea, the architect has designed a work that stands with people who live with the sea and the quayside area of a town, Tanabe.
- Project Duration
- project duration: 2016 - 2017,
location: Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan - Operation Flow
- The front entrance leads to the main hall, and shops are lined up along with the hallway. For the sea side entrance, it is characterized by wood-painted glass art, terracotta facades and thin columns, and on the left hand side, there is a path to the lounge that provides a relaxation space for visitors.
- Image Credits
- OOKI Architects & Associates
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