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COMMUNITY PARK Grüün Marugame
A place for multi-generational interaction, dotted with little gimmicks that pique your curiosity
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Concept book: A picture book that tells the worldview of the entire facility, "The Story of a Scholar Who Traveled the World," and a new picture book that was created in response to the exhibition, "Colorful Shapes"*
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Collection Gate: A display of favorite items collected by scholars. Also on display is the "Egg Universe" object, which resembles a bird's egg as a planet.
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Bookshelf of Curiosity: A bookshelf filled with picture books collected by scholars and a drawer containing secret "treasures." A place for minds to play across generations.
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Marugame Topic Table: A table that collages the wonders of the world and the shapes of Marugame. Each motif arouses curiosity.
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Drawings of Colors and Shapes: A small picture book called "Colors and Shapes" was created from this exhibition.
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The Scholar's Living Room: A flexible and comfortable space where everyone can relax
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Continental Drift Table: If two freely movable tables were put together, the Earth's first continent, Pangaea, would be created.
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Traveling Shelf: A collection of items symbolizing the worlds the scholar has traveled through. Picture books are displayed in the center as Digital Contents
Photo: Taichi Misonoo, *Tanseisha
About the Project
| Overview | We carried out the overall planning for the park, including the construction and Landscaping Planning for the "Park Center," an exchange facility within "COMMUNITY PARK Grüün Marugame," and the parent-child play area "Mooovi Marugame." The "Park Center," for which we also handled the interior Display Planning, design, and construction, is dotted with features that will make visitors ask someone, "What are those?", such as the "Bookshelf of Curiosity," the "Traveling Shelf," and the "Continental Drift Table." |
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| Issues/Themes | Our goal is to create a facility where people of all ages, who would never have even known each other before meeting there, can interact easily. For the children, the time they spend here will become a precious memory of growing up in Marugame and will serve as mental nourishment for them as they succeed in the new world. |
| Space Solution/Realization | In order to wrap the architecture, park, and exhibition interior design in a single worldview, a concept book, "The Story of a Scholar Who Traveled the World," was created at the beginning of the project. Based on this picture book, the entire facility was designed as a "hideaway for a scholar who traveled the world." Under the sea and sky of the Seto Inland Sea, the elderly scholar will invite many friends, including children, to share backstories about the various things he has encountered around the world, fostering time for multigenerational exchange in Marugame. |
| Design for Environment | Energy-saving design: Energy-efficient Video equipment has been selected. Universal design: We selected fixtures of different sizes so that both children and adults can relax. We also installed interior-illuminated signs that are easy to see. Safe design: The fixtures are designed to be safe and durable, taking into consideration use by small children. |
Basic Information
| Client | Marugame City Boat Race Business Bureau |
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| Services Provided | [COMMUNITY PARK Grüün Marugame] Park Overall Planning and Landscaping Planning [Park Center] Facility Concept Planning, Display Planning, Design, Layout, Production, Construction, Video Production [Mooovi] Architectural Planning and Design Intent Communication |
| Our Team | Creative Direction: Yoshitaka Aguni Planning: Eiichiro Suzuki, Yoshiho Yamaguchi Design, Layout: Hasegawa Amiko, Otani Miyuki Production, Construction: Kitayama Kohei Project Management: Yuna Sato, Hironari Isobe |
| Location | Kagawa Prefecture |
| Open | May 2023 |
| Website | https://gruun-marugame.jp/ |
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Creative Direction
Yoshitaka Aguni
We are involved in planning in a wide range of fields, with a focus on museums. We value the "narrative" aspect of finding stories from objects, people, and themes, and building new concepts, while giving shape to what our clients truly want to communicate.
*The shared information and details of the project is accurate as of the date they were posted. There may have been unannounced changes at a later date.
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