From the architect: I was requested, after winning through the competition, to design a
facility accompanied to the museum of Hiroshi Senju, a world-famous
Japanese painter/artist. Before I started the actual planning, I
prioritized building my conceptual work first (i.e. geometrical shape
containing both traditional and modern forms) in order to make my
design coexist on the same site with the museum that had a curved form
interpreting Karuizawa ’s nature in a elegant way. I built the design concept form Japanese art culture in order to create
an architecture suited to the museum having art pieces appraised
internationally. Such Japanese craft as ‘Origami’, ‘ Sensu fan ‘, or
‘Byobu screen ‘ are created from just one piece of paper, having an
infinite possibility to be shaped in various forms. They also have
similarity to western geometric design, which are even led to modern art
with their originality and beauty.
