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Rikuzentakata-City Museum
A base facility to preserve and pass on materials restored after the disaster to future generations as "treasures of the hometown."
- Cultural Spaces
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Miracle Sea of Sanriku: 500 species of fish that live in Rikuzentakata come together to welcome visitors
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Living with Fate: A Chronological Look at Rikuzentakata's History with the Tsunami
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Shell Room: Restored shells are displayed in a space reminiscent of a conch shell, creating an introductory space that envelops visitors.
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Shell Room: A display of restored shells marching along the walls towards the future
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The facility's largest stuffed beaked whale, "Tsucchi," has been restored and floats in the air as the museum's symbol.
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Discovery Room: A space set in the sea and mountains where children, who will lead the future, can take the lead and have a variety of hands-on experiences.
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Discovery Room: An exhibition that stimulates children's intellectual curiosity by allowing them to view real specimens in an overwhelming number of boxes.
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A long horizontal corridor where message cards asking "What is your treasure?" can be viewed.
Photo: Masato Kono Nacása & Partners Inc. Video: GoodFeeling Co., Ltd.
About the Project
| Overview | The "Old City Museum" and the "Sea and Shell Museum", which sustained extensive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake, have been rebuilt in the city center as the new Rikuzentakata-City Museum. Of the total 560,000 items in the collection, approximately 460,000 have been salvaged. Stabilization and restoration work, with the support of over 70 specialist institutions and museums from around the country, is still ongoing even after the museum opened. The facility aims to be not only a hub for history and culture, but also a place for interaction between many local residents and Tourism. |
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| Issues/Themes | To seamlessly and attractively combine the two museums into one viewing flow. The goal is to use techniques appropriate to each restored item, revive them through new exhibits, and function as a facility that properly passes them on to future generations. |
| Space Solution/Realization | The concept of the facility is "Promise to the Future," and we considered ways to pass on the "treasures of our hometown" to future generations. The exhibition room is designed with a single, generous wall with a shell motif and coloring that defines guidelines to gently divide the space and create a historical story. Each corner is displayed in a dynamic way that breathes new life into the materials while taking advantage of their unique characteristics, and we aimed to create a space where the message of the theme of each corner can be experienced. |
| Design for Environment | Cultural property Preservation Planning: We designed display cases to ensure that materials restored after the disaster can be properly conveyed to future generations. We developed the plan with an eye toward certification as a facility approved for public use. |
Basic Information
| Client | Rikuzentakata-City |
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| Services Provided | Facility Concept Planning, Display Planning, Design, Layout, Production, Construction, Project Management |
| Our Team | Planning Direction: Hiroyuki Matsumaru Design Direction: Toshitake Tanaka Planning: Ayano Masuda Design, Layout: Shunpei Hashimoto, Sanami Hayashi Collection 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 |
| Awards | "KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2023" KUKAN OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP (runner-up) / Museum and Cultural Spaces Category Gold Award "42nd Display Industry Award (2023)" Display Industry Excellence Award (Minister's Secretariat Trade and Industry and Industry Commerce and Service Councilor's Award) Selected for the 57th Japan Sign Design Award "2023 Good Design Award" "iF DESIGN AWARD 2023" "Red Dot Award 2024" Brands & Communication Design Category Best of the Best |
| Location | Iwate Prefecture |
| Open | November 2022 |
| Website | https://www.city.rikuzentakata.iwate.jp/soshiki/kanrika/hakubutsukan/index.html |
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Design Direction
Toshitake Tanaka
He has worked on a wide range of facilities, including museums, children's facilities, and disaster prevention and earthquake disaster facilities. He is strongly committed to establishing a context that connects the theme of each facility to the spatial design, and to creating spaces that spread messages and activities. He is currently traveling around the country with the motto of "creating facilities that people want to visit again and again."
Main Achievements
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Sanami Hayashi
She enjoys creating exhibition spaces that bring out the charm of local culture and history by exploring various methods and working hard as a mother designer, while also taking children's perspectives into consideration when designing.
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