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designboom visits archi-depot, the only museum exhibiting and preserving japan’s architectural models

the museum keeps an archive of models by influential architects, including kengo kuma, riken yamamoto, and shigeru ban.

shuhei senda July 15, 2018 2 min

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designboom recently had the chance to visit archi-depot (see previous coverage here), the only museum in japan that specializes in architectural models, with a guided tour by foundation director shigeru ban. following the recognition japanese architecture receives worldwide, the museum aims to preserve models of influential architects, including kengo kuma, riken yamamoto, and shigeru ban, and exhibit them as significant archives that pass japanese architectural culture on to the next generation.

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overall view of the archive space
image courtesy of archi-depot

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view into the exhibition

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house in kohoku by torafu architects: the tube-shaped windows of the roof let light through

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tiffany ginza by kengo kuma: the facade reflects tiffany’s well known technique of cutting jewelry

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overview of shigeru ban’s projects

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japan pavilion, hannover expo 2000 by shigeru ban

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paper church by shigeru ban, wrapped with a skin of corrugated, polycarbonate sheeting

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curtain wall house by shigeru ban, with tent-like curtains hung on the outer facade between the second and third floors

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the circular soma city kids art maison by shigeru ban, topped with solar panels on its roof

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klein dytham architecture‘s giraffe sky scarper model

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prototypes by klein dytham architecture

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research models of omiyamae gymnasium by jun aoki

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the tree-house project by satoshi takae

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nagareyama otakanomori elementary and junior high school,
otakanomori center, children’s library by kazuhiro kojima + kazuko akamatsu

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