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Museum

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2-294 Torii Matsu Machi
Kasugai-shi
Japan

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Original

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626m²

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Article last edited by Lacuna on
January 12th, 2012

Prostho Museum Research Center Change this

Kasugai-shi, Japan
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Architecture contemporary design with wooden construction on the museum building can be found in Japan. Designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates as architects. The design of this unique museum building, which is designed with contemporary architectural art with wood construction materials. This type of pine wood material does not use glue or fasteners, 6,000 pine stems are jointed with details that serve structural timber connection with the preparation of a beautiful grid structure.

On the exterior of buildings and protector inside the building, designed by Kengo Kuma by inserting glass panels into a wooden frame which created a system that looks like a wooden lattice transparent runs continuously between the exterior and interior. Besides the selection using the structure of wood construction are architects attempt against the machine-made structures. Besides the building of this museum teaches visitors that make a building is not only required concrete and steel alone but with the traditional architecture of people can do-it-yourself design with wooden construction.

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