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Nakanoshima 2021 A community alive with art. An Osaka shaped by art.

The Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka describes four elements of its vision in keeping with the New Art Museum Development Policy drawn up in 2014.

A world-class art museum attracting worldwide attention 1 We will provide collection galleries that bring out the best in the museum’s first-class collection, and one of the largest event galleries in the Kansai region, fully capable of hosting large-scale touring exhibitions.

A progressive art museum with unprecedented originality 2 We will accommodate a wide range of activities for the new museum, such as offering arts immersion using the museum’s abundant collection and actively using the museum’s archives as a source of information.

An exciting art museum leading the creation of a bustling and lively city 3 We will provide facilities where people of all ages can easily encounter and enjoy art, with attractive service establishments and open spaces that will transform way people see art museums.

A productive art museum serving as a top-class public edifice well into the future 4 We aim to be an art museum with first-rate functionality that is easy to use for everyone—museum visitors, curators responsible for planning and managing exhibitions, businesses responsible for the managing and operating the facilities—well into the next generation.

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Passage going through the building

The passage is easily accessible to anyone and is a place where visiting people can feel at ease. It is a place where anyone, both people with and without interest in art museums, can come and find a place to be themselves. For people passing through as they move across the city of Osaka, it is a fluid space that can hold various activities— at times a space to immerse in art and at times a hub for art-based activities. It is also a space that fuses the interior to the exterior of the building. As a place destined to be the face of the new museum, we called for proposals in a design competition, for the passage to be a bustling and open indoor space that can be easily and freely accessible, not just to museum visitors but to people of all ages. The best proposal that was chosen proffered "an art museum like a metropolis where a variety of people and activities intersect." The new art museum’s passage is a three-dimensional space comprising an atrium five stories high, which acts as the building’s spine and drenches the building with soft light from the ceiling.

Architect

Katsuhiko Endo Chief Executive Officer, Endo Architect and Associates

Biography

1970 Born in Yokohama City 1992 Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology (now Tokyo City University) 1995 Obtained the Master’s Degree in Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (under Hiroshi Hara, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) Went on to the Doctoral Course in the same graduate school 1997 Founded Endo Architect and Associates 2007 Incorporated Endo Architect and Associates 2010 Became a lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University until 2016 2011 Lectured at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University 2011 Became a lecturer of Architecture at the Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University until 2014 2014 Lectured at the Department of Architecture, Kogakuin University 2015 Became a lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Nihon University College of Science and Technology

Awards

2016 Award of Excellence, 15th Public Building Award (Nature Center, Toyota City Nature Sanctuary) 2016 Good Design Award (15WINDOWS Apartment at IKEDAYAMA)

04 Service establishments such as the café, restaurant and museum shop are provided with wider spaces to enhance visitor experience. 1st floor Designed to face the street, these shops are also conducive to creating a lively spot in the area. Moreover, a stage-level seating layout is 4th floor: Collection gallery 5th floor: Exhibition gallery adopted for the auditorium at the heart of the building and the lecture rooms located at the south entrance to accommodate seminars and workshops, as well as a variety of performances such as concerts, plays and receptions.

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Osaka Science Museum Passage DN (Temporary museum shop) Passage (Lobby with a view) UP

Parking lot Collection gallery Collection gallery (Gutai Pinacotheca (Modern Japanese) Room)

Conference room Auditorium

Bicycle parking lot Bicycle parking lot Exhibition gallery Exhibition gallery Collection gallery (Themed)

Passage Entranceway Dojima River Collection gallery (Design, Modern European, Collection gallery Contemporary) Workshop EV (Design,Modern European, Service Contemporary) The National Museum of Art, Osaka establishments Exhibition lobby Display case Service establishments

0 5 10 20m Exhibition lobby 0 5 10 20m

N In the collection exhibition rooms, which primarily display valuable works Providing an area of about 1,700 square meter with a 6 meters high ceiling, 0 5 10 20 30m from around 5,700 pieces housed in the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, the exhibition gallery is designed to host large-scale touring exhibitions. It Osaka, display cases that stretch for about 60 meters are installed for holding can also be partitioned into two rooms for use in small to medium-scale large-scale exhibitions of Japanese-style paintings. In the Gutai Pinacotheca exhibitions. The passage extends north and south with large glass windows Room, which features a special collection of Gutai Art, the interiors and at both ends affording a wonderful view of Aqua Metropolis Osaka’s finishing used will recall the Gutai Pinacotheca facilities that previously stood landmark, Nakanoshima. The deck surrounding the building on the 2nd floor level helps improve circulation around the urban area by linking buildings around the in Nakanoshima. 2nd floor site. Moreover, the passage space, which is where museum visitors first enter the museum, is provided with entrances and exits from many directions for easy access to everyone. Spatial continuity between floors is achieved by connecting the space three-dimensionally via the atrium. Bold placement of escalators within the atrium raises visitors’ anticipation levels. Building plan description

Structure and scale Five-story steel structure with base isolation foundation

Total floor space 17,305 square meter (excluding parking lots)

Osaka Science Museum Floor space at each floor 1st floor Passage, auditorium, workshop, service establishments, offices, etc. Auditorium 416 square meter Stage-level seating, up to 300 installable seats Main room space Workshop 136 square meter Archives reference room Nursing room EV Service establishments 712 square meter Restaurant, café, museum shop, etc. Kid's space 2nd floor Passage, archives, kids’ space, etc.

Information UP Archives reference room 70 square meter Main room space Kids’ space 87 square meter Open space Dojima River Pedestrian deck Passage Service establishments 221 square meter café, etc. Ticket counter 3rd floor Collection storage area Main room space Collection storage room (including anteroom) 1,992 square meter 4.5 meters high ceiling Service EV establishments 4th floor Collection exhibition area The National Museum of Art, Osaka Collection exhibition room (Gutai Pinacotheca) 309 square meter 4 meters high ceiling

Main room space Collection exhibition room (Modern Japanese) 438 square meter 4 meters high ceiling, display cases attached to wall installed, Collection exhibition room (Design/Modern European/Contemporary) 775 square meter movable partitions installed N 5th floor Exhibition area

0 5 10 20 30m Collection exhibition room (Themed) 448 square meter Pedestrian deck Main room space 6 meters high ceiling, movable partitions installed Exhibition gallery 1,377 square meter

[as of March 2018]

Gutai Pinacotheca Room The black building The Kansai-based, internationally active avant-garde art group Gutai Art that was once in Nakanoshima Association (1954-1972) opened an exhibition space in Nakanoshima in The façade of the new museum is black, a rare color for a cultural center. 1962, calling it the Gutai Pinacotheca (pinacotheca refers to an art gallery). By coincidence, there was once a building in Nakanoshima with black The facility was created by repurposing plaster-walled warehouses owned outer walls that closely resembles the new museum façade—the Asahi by the group’s leader, Yoshihara Jiro. In addition to exhibiting works by Gutai Kaikan (Osaka), which served as a cultural center in the Nakanoshima area artists, the Pinacotheca also exhibited works by overseas artists and served from 1926 to 1962. In fact, it was also the building where Yoshihara Jiro as a venue for providing information and international exchange. The held a solo exhibition and for which he produced a stage curtain. Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka pays tribute to Gutai by establishing a dedicated gallery to take over the legacy of this radical movement. left: Old Asahi Kaikan (Osaka) right: Exterior persective of the new museum

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Surrounded by the Dojima and Tosabori Rivers, Nakanoshima is an area blessed by water 東洋陶磁美術館 transportation and where all the feudal clans built their warehouses in the Edo period. Nakanoshima Center Nakanoshima has long fluorished as the economic and cultural center of Osaka. Nakanoshima Shiki no Oka なに わ 橋 Now the symbolic zone of Aqua Metropolis Osaka, the area is home to numerous attractions Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 淀 屋橋 and historical buildings where you can sense the history, culture and art of Osaka. Together with neighboring facilities such as the National Museum of Art, Osaka and Osaka 中之島公園 Science Museum, the addition of the new museum and its pedestrian network will form an area that is engagingly full of culture and art. The National Museum 北浜 京 阪 電 車 中之 島 線 of Art, Osaka

Osaka Science Museum 肥後橋 淀屋橋

北浜 Kitashinchi 京阪本線

JR Tozai Line Minami-Morimachi

Osakatemmangu Fukushima NAKANOSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART, OSAKA 大阪国際会議場

Fukushima Site of new art museum development Osaka City Hall JR Festival Hall Previous site of Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library Dojima River Forum Gutai Mini Pinacotheca Oebashi Shin-Fukushima Osaka City Central Public Hall ABC Hall Watanabebashi Osaka University Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Nakanoshima Center Naniwabashi Yodoyabashi Nakanoshima The National Museum Kosetsu Museum of Art Kitahama Keihan Nakanoshima Line Nakanoshima Banks of Art, Osaka Previous site of Gutai Pinacotheca Higobashi Yodoyabashi Osaka Science Museum Kitahama 天満橋 Nakanoshima

Subway Subway Osaka International Subway 玉川 Convention Center 天満橋

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Schedule

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Public Opening Basic design, detailed design Construction work Opening tenders preparation

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Development Plan Pamphlet: Architecture

Issued 2019 Design: Daisuke Sato, sato design.

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Planning Office 8F, 1-1-86, Noda, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0005 Japan Tel. 81-6-6469-5186 Fax. 81-6-6469-3897

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