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KOSHINOKUNI Museum of Literature
KOSHINOKUNI Museum of Literature
Toyama-shi, Japan
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Other Projects by C+A / Coelacanth and Associates
KOSHINOKUNI Museum of Literature
Toyama-shi, Japan
principal architect : Yasuyuki Ito,Masaki Ihara / CAn (C+A nagoya)
photo: Hiroshi Ueda
The site for this project is situated by the River Matsu that centrally flows through the Toyama prefecture. The scheme seeks to regenerate the area by refurbishing an existing former-residence of prefectural governor and providing an extension for an exhibition block in order to create a literature museum that spreads and raise awareness of Etchu literature which has long been inherited from the Manyo period. Here, we have treated the existing building as a yashiki (Japanese traditional mansion) and the new exhibition extension as a kura (Japanese traditional warehouse) that interlink to each other, with niwa (translates to ‘garden’) that closely relate to the structures completing the configuration of new spatial relationship within the site.
The exhibition block consists of two types of spaces – the kura which are enclosed spaces and the doma which are more open. Kura rooms are ‘warehouse’-like spaces that holds significant exhibition items and collections of the museum, where doma weaves through in between them providing circulation and open shared space for the public to relax and enjoy the spatial quality of the architecture.
The volume, the area and the ceiling height, of each kura is governed by its function. The perimeter walls of the kura spaces are all finished with champagne gold anodized aluminium panels.
We see this outcome as an interface-finish between engineered product and natural material that provides depth and calmness to the architecture.
The doma space that sits adjacent to the Manyo Garden functions as a library. Mullions are also minimized by using large pair-glazed panels – the visual exposure to the landscape outside needed to be maximized. This enables visitors to subconsciously wander into the space and relaxingly experience the public zone in various ways.
photo: Hiroshi Ueda
The site for this project is situated by the River Matsu that centrally flows through the Toyama prefecture. The scheme seeks to regenerate the area by refurbishing an existing former-residence of prefectural governor and providing an extension for an exhibition block in order to create a literature museum that spreads and raise awareness of Etchu literature which has long been inherited from the Manyo period. Here, we have treated the existing building as a yashiki (Japanese traditional mansion) and the new exhibition extension as a kura (Japanese traditional warehouse) that interlink to each other, with niwa (translates to ‘garden’) that closely relate to the structures completing the configuration of new spatial relationship within the site.
The exhibition block consists of two types of spaces – the kura which are enclosed spaces and the doma which are more open. Kura rooms are ‘warehouse’-like spaces that holds significant exhibition items and collections of the museum, where doma weaves through in between them providing circulation and open shared space for the public to relax and enjoy the spatial quality of the architecture.
The volume, the area and the ceiling height, of each kura is governed by its function. The perimeter walls of the kura spaces are all finished with champagne gold anodized aluminium panels.
We see this outcome as an interface-finish between engineered product and natural material that provides depth and calmness to the architecture.
The doma space that sits adjacent to the Manyo Garden functions as a library. Mullions are also minimized by using large pair-glazed panels – the visual exposure to the landscape outside needed to be maximized. This enables visitors to subconsciously wander into the space and relaxingly experience the public zone in various ways.
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