Museum Architecture

The new Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum will be built at the foot of Mount Rokko in Kobe. Although it is close to Shin-Kobe Station on the Shinkansen, it is a green location. The building has a low presence on the first floor above the ground and two floors below ground, leaving the tea room on the site, and cutting down trees to a minimum. It's like an oasis surrounded by forests, even though it's in the city.
In the transparent glass lobby on the ground floor, there are wooden tables and chairs made by local woodworkers. On the sea side, you can relax the newly created Japanese garden of Karesansui, and on the mountain side, you can enjoy the magnificent mountains of Mt. Rokko. A large courtyard has been set up in the underground space to capture the natural light and the relaxation of the four seasons.
This is a museum for enjoying tools, but I also want to be a place for Japanese people to inherit the spirit of manufacturing that has been cherished since ancient times. We hope that you will enjoy the architecture of "wa" as an entity that softly connects people and nature, not a symbolic and self-assertion architecture.

Traditional craftsmanship I want you to feel the skills of craftsmen that Japan is proud of in the world. The building looks modern at first glance, but it has been scattered with traditional craftsmanship everywhere. In other words, the museum itself is a place where you can feel the skills of craftsmen on your skin.
For example, a wall that covers the four laps of a building. It is finished with plaster mixed with Juraku soil from Kyoto. In addition, the inside is a parali finish that is also used in Katsura Imperial Villa. The indoor space around the courtyard has been cut off with the image of a weathered slab wall. The roof that prevents rain and wind is Awaji's Ibushi roof tiles. It welcomes visitors with a beautiful hollow roof.
The lobby on the ground floor is a large space that combines traditional craftsmanship and modern architectural techniques. The skeleton of the building is a steel frame that has lost its presence. We make full use of structural technology to realize a large space without pillars inside. On the other hand, the ceiling is a traditional boat bottom ceiling made from natural solid wood. Using woodwork techniques, a refreshing and warm space was created.
In addition, the automatic doors with Naguri finish and the guide signs finished by blacksmithing are devised with craftsmanship in fine places.
One of the new ways to enjoy Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum is to check which places are traditional techniques and which are modern techniques.