The Wood Culture Museum was built in 1994 on the lush green land of Tajima and Takigawadaira with the theme "forest, sea and sun" which can be said to be a symbol of Japanese nature and culture (designed by Tadao Ando).
The interior is made up of pillars and beams typical of Japanese wooden architecture, and the space in which the pillars are tall and extend vertically expresses the vitality of the wood growing in the sunlight. Also, in the center of the building there is a large pond filled with water, which is the source of life, and above it is designed so that you can watch the bright sun against the blue sky.
This is a nature learning facility that introduces the wonder of forests and trees, which are the origin of Japanese culture, from various perspectives. We also create a series of practical programs to interact with nature.
The building has a circular ring plan with a diameter of 46 m, and a circular atrium with a diameter of 22 m is open to the sky in the center. The bottom fills with water and becomes a pond. This center is a place where sky and water are vertically connected and meet, and it strongly expresses the theme of the Museum for the culture of wood, "Wood, sea and sun".
The museum is guided by a straight line approach through the forest, turning at right angles at the end of the slope and heading straight towards the architecture. Then, go through the ring-shaped space as it is. Visitors will brave nature's deep forests, powerful man-made architecture, and stand in the center of architecture between purified sky and water. It will be an experience that stimulates the mind and body as if it were an instant transfer between nature and human culture.
The ring-shaped space with a ceiling height of 16 m surrounded by the surrounding forest is supported by the structure of pillars and glulam beams made with Sugi from Hyogo prefecture, and an exhibition hall containing the culture is set up there of wood. . The pillars in laminated wood and the half-timbered beams found in the atrium space are themselves the exhibits that best convey the idea of ​​the "Museum of the culture of wood".
Museum for Wood Culture
Address: 951 Muraokaku Wachi, Kami, Mikata District, 667-1347
Phone: +81 796 96 1388
Site:
https://www.kinodendo.jp/Location inserted by
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