(Naoshima Island, Japan)(Architecture)(Travel, Architecture Hunting)2023-07-02
The Naoshima Plan "The Water"
The structure was interpreted by the architect Hiroshi Sambuichi that the townscapes of Honmura, Naoshima were built to pass on "moving materials" like "wind" and "water" as if they were batons in a relay race. He manifested the characteristic of Honmura housings of adjacent rooms aligned south-north and installed the pool filled with rich well water.
The structure was interpreted by the architect Hiroshi Sambuichi, that the townscapes of Honmura, Naoshima were built to pass on "moving materials" like "wind" and "water" as if they were batons in a relay race. Having found not only in the beauty of the "moving materials" itself but also in the community where it is carefully handed over to neighbouring houses, Sambuichi emerged the beauty of the two through the renovation of the old house. He manifested the characteristic of Honmura housings of adjacent rooms aligned south-north and installed the pool filled with rich well water. If you put your feet into the pool from the windblown pier, you can see and feel the "moving materials" of Naoshima.
Naoshima Island – Yayoi Kusama Yellow Pumpkin
On an old pier on Naoshima Island, Japan, Yayoi Kusama's largest Pumpkin sculpture was designed with the knowledge that it would be the first to be displayed outside.
Chichu Art Museum
Despite being primarily subterranean, the Chichu Art Museum designed by Tadao Ando and featuring works of James Turrell and Claude Monet, lets in an abundance of natural light that changes the appearance of the artworks and the ambience of the space itself with the passage of time throughout the day and all along the year's four seasons.
Naoshima Art House Project – Benessee Art Site
At the Art House Project on Naoshima Island, artists take empty houses scattered about residential areas and turn the spaces themselves into works of art, weaving in history and memories of the period when the buildings were lived in and used.