Rikuzentakata-City Museum, for which Tanseisha helped create the space, has won the 2023 Good Design Award (sponsored by the Japan Design Promotion Organization).
The award is the only comprehensive design evaluation and recommendation system in Japan, and the symbol of the award, the "G Mark," is widely known as a symbol of good design.
We would like to thank our customers for giving us this opportunity, as well as everyone who helped us along the way.
Going forward, we will continue to keep in mind the perspective of those who will use the space and work to create rich spaces that can contribute to our customers' businesses.
Good Design Award 2023
"Rikuzentakata-City Museum"
[Employer]
Rikuzentakata-City
[Award-winning organization]
Rikuzentakata-City /Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
【overview】
The facility was completely destroyed and the materials suffered catastrophic damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Approximately 460,000 damaged materials were rescued and restoration work was carried out with the support of over 70 specialized institutions and museums nationwide, with the aim of creating a museum that would restore materials damaged by the tsunami, an unprecedented project in the world. After the disaster, the museum aimed to create new value by presenting the treasures of the hometown to the world as "living exhibits."
[Design points]
1. In order to give the impression that the damaged materials had been given new life, we aimed to create a space that would convey the feeling of vitality by grouping the materials together in a dynamic group.
2. In order to unravel the culture of Rikuzentakata, we created a color called "Takata Nature" that is reminiscent of the surrounding environment, such as the sea and mountains.
3. The facility will be a base for passing on the culture of the hometown that survived the earthquake disaster to the next generation, and will feature Video Production and experiential exhibits that children can experience.
[Evaluation by the judges]
Cultural properties and exhibit materials damaged in the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake have been rescued and restored, and are now being displayed in a new configuration in two combined museums. The museum offers new experiences that bring the materials to life, such as dynamic displays that show the items as a group and specimen boxes that visitors can handle. The careful rescue of previously treasured items and the display of a stuffed beaked whale, each half of which is presented differently, remind visitors that we live on the history of the region, and that new layers are added every day to shape the region.
*For more details, please see the Good Design Award "Award Gallery."
Award-winning gallery > Museum [Rikuzentakata-City Museum]
[Our Person in Charge]
Planning Direction: Hiroyuki Matsumaru / Design Direction: Toshitake Tanaka / Planning: Ayano Masuda / Design, Layout: Shunpei Hashimoto, Sanami Hayashi / Storage design: TANSEI Research Institute Co., Ltd. Hiroyuki Ichinose, Aoshima Aya / Production, Construction: Tomoya Higuchi / Models, Molding: Yoshiteru Hasezawa, Hiroshi Nakai, Yasuhiro Yoshida / Project Management: Kotaro Echizen, Junji Sato
What is the Good Design Award?
It is a representative Japanese design evaluation and promotion activity that inherits the Good Design Product Selection System established in 1957. As a global design award in which many companies and organizations from Japan and overseas participate, it is held every year with the aim of improving the quality of life and utilizing design to solve social issues and themes. The symbol of the award, the "G Mark," is widely known as a symbol of excellent design.
GOOD DESIGN AWARD (Organized by: Japan Institute of Design Promotion)
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