CASE STUDY OF CHI CHU CONTEMPORY ART CENTER, NAOSHIMA, TOKYO

 THIS CASE STUDY IS UNDERSTANDING OF 

CHI CHU CONTEMPORY ART CENTER 

OF TOKYO.

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN TOKYO, JAPAN. IT IS 300 KMS FROM TOKYO STATION. THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN PART OF EARTH. CLIMATE OVER THERE IS COLD THAN INDIA.

THE MUSEUM IS INTENDED TO BE ACCESSED BY BOAT. A STEPPED PLAZA ALONG THE SHORELINE FUNCTIONS AS THE MUSEUMS ENTRANCE WHEN ARRIVING BY BOAT AS WELL AS HOUSING AN UNDERGROUND ANNEX. IN ADDITION, IT ALSO SERVES AS AN OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE SPACE AS WELL AS A PLACE TO SIT AND CONTEMPLATE THE QUIET SURF OF THE SEA AND THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.

SITE IS SURROUNDED BY FOREST AND HAVE SEA FACING AT SOUTH.

DESIGN & CONCEPT:

TADAO ANDO WANT THIS MUESIUM SHOULD REFLECT HIS PERSONALITY. HE HAS STARTED HIS DESIGN FROM HIS NAME “TADAO” AND CONVERTED IT TO A BUILDING. THAN HE EXPLORED THIS MUESIUM IN TO A  BASEMENT KIND OF DESIGN.

PLANNING & SPACES:

CHICHU GARDEN IS A GARDEN OF PLANTS CHERISHED BY CLAUDE MONET. WE RESERCHED THE ART WORKS AND ARCHIVES OF MONET, WHO FOCUSED HIS ART ON GIVERNY, THE GARDEN THAT HE HIMSELF DESIGNED. WE SELECTED ROUGHLY 150 KINDS OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS AAND ABOUT 40 KINDS OF TREES, WHICH WILL CREATE SEASONAL IMPRESSIONS. 

                                                                                                                                          -TADAO ANDO.

LOOK AT SOME MAIN BUILDING ANALYSIS:

THE CENTRAL, DOUBLE HEIGHT CYLINDRICAL SPACE RECEIVES DAYLIGHT FROM A CONICAL SKYLIGHT. THE MAIN GALLERIES ARE PLACED AROUND THE CENTRAL SPACE. GUEST ROOMS, A RESTAURANT AND A LARGE TERRACE OVERLOOK THE SEA. THE HOTEL ANNEX IS SITUATED ON THE HIGHEST HILL OF THE ENTIRE AREA. THE ACCESS FROM THE MUSEUM BELOW IS BY SPECIALLY BUILT CABLE CAR. THE ANNEX HOTEL ROOMS FORM AN ELLIPTICAL BUILDING SURROUNDING A SIMILARLY ELLIPTICAL INNER COURTYARD.

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