Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Contemporary Tokyo Building

Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo : Architecture

Musashino Art University Tokyo - design by Sou Fujimoto Architects

19 Sep 2012 Musashino Art University Museum & Library in Tokyo Design: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Japan New photos of this new library project for one of the distinguished art universities in Japan. It involves designing a new library building and refurbishing the existing building into an art gallery, which will ultimately create a new integration of the Library and the Art Gallery. photos from LA The project described hereinafter is the plan of the new library which sits within the first phase of the total development. Acting as a huge ark, a total of 200,000 units, of which 100,000 will be out in an open-archive, while the other half within closed-archive, rests within this double-storey library of 6,500 sqm in floor area. 18 Aug 2011 Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo, Japan Design: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Japan Project Description Library made from bookshelves When I thought of the elements which compose an ultimate library, they became books, bookshelves, light and the place. I imagined a place encircled by a single bookshelf in the form of a spiral. The domain encased within the infinite spiral itself is the library. Infinite forest of books is created from layering of 9m high walls punctuated by large apertures. This spiral sequence of the bookshelf continues to eventually wrap the periphery of the site as the external wall, allowing the external appearance of the building to within the university landscape registers instantaneously as a library, yet astonishing in its dreamlike simplicity. images from architect Investigation and Exploration Investigation and exploration are two apparent contradictions inherent in the design of libraries. Investigation is, by definition, a systematic spatial arrangement for the purpose of finding specific books. Even in the age of Google, the experience of searching for books within the library is marked by the order and arrangement of the physical volume of books. The opposing concept to Investigation is the notion of Exploration. The significance of library experience is also in discoveries the space engender to the users. One encounters the space as constantly renewed and transforming, discovers undefined relationships, and gains inspiration from unfamiliar fields. To achieve the coexistence of the two concepts, spatial and configuration logics beyond mere systematics is employed. Here, the two apparent contradictions inherent in libraries are allowed to coexist by the form of spiral possessing two antinomic movements of radial path and rotational movement. The rotational; polar configuration achieves investigation, and the numerous layers through the radial apertures engender the notion of Exploration through an infinite depth of books. One can faintly recognize the entirety of library and at the same time imagine that there are unknown spaces which are rendered constantly imperceptible. Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo Program: University Library and Museum Client: Musashino Art University Location: Tokyo, Japan Site area: 111,691.93 sqm Built area: 2,883.18 sqm Total floor area: 6,419.17 sqm Design: 2007-09 Construction: 2009-10 Structure: Steel frame, partly reinforced concrete Musashino Art University Museum & Library images / information from FD Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo design : Sou Fujimoto Architects

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