Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office

Art Museum & Library in Ota

Art Museum & Library in Ota
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ART MUSEUM & LIBRARY IN OTA

Akihisa Hirata

CATEGORY
Cultural Center

LOCATION
Ota, Japan

ARCHITECTS
Akihisa Hirata

AREA
3152 m²

YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Daici Ano

MANUFACTURERS
AI LAB OTA

“Let the city bloom”
It is a cultural exchange facility built in front of Ota station in Gunma prefecture.

Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Ota City has a population of about 220,000 people, and the number of users of the station exceeds 10,000 people in a day.

But few people walk in front of the station, shopping streets are quiet. To pioneer breakthroughs for such a situation prevailing throughout Japan, it is the purpose of construction to bring life back in front of Ota Station.

Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Therefore, for people to easy to walk though and stop by, we aimed for architecture that the town is continuing to the inside.

Specifically, we proposed a configuration surrounding the slopes of steel frame Rims around five RC construction Boxes. People can walk around on each floor like walking in the city.

Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Also, in order to enable people of various age groups and backgrounds to find their own places, we tried to coexist three-dimensionally with places with various characteristics. Like the coral reef system, is.

I wish that the architecture like flower born in front of the station, which was designed with involvement of a large number of citizens and stakeholders, let the bloom new revitalization to the city.

Art Museum & Library in Ota
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Art Museum & Library in Ota
Art Museum & Library in Ota


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