Lee Ufan Museum Japan, Naoshima Building, Tadao Ando Design, Architect, Photos
Lee Ufan Museum, Naoshima, Japan
Contemporary Japanese Building – design by Tadao Ando architect
12 Mar 2011
Lee Ufan Museum Japan
Date built: 2010
Architect: Tadao Ando
Location: Naoshima island, Kagawa Prefecture, southern Japan
A museum resulting from collaboration between the internationally acclaimed artist Lee Ufan, the celebrated 74-year-old Japanese-Korean minimalist, presently based mainly in Europe, and the architect Tadao Ando.
photographs : Tadasu Yamamoto
The semi-underground structure designed by Tadao Ando houses paintings and sculptures by Lee spanning a period from the 1970s to the present day. Lee’s works resonate with Ando’s building, giving visitors an impression of both stillness and dynamism.
Positioned in isolation in a valley surrounded by mountains and sea, the museum offers a harmony between nature, architecture, and art, where visitors will be offered an opportunity to return to their original natures and to find time for quiet reflection in a society overflowing with material goods.
Area of Lee Ufan Museum: 32,349 sqft
Tadao Ando Architect
Location: Naoshima, Japan
Japanese Architecture
Japanese Architectural Designs – chronological list
Japanese Architecture – key projects
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Takeshi Hosaka Architects
photo : Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc.
HOTO FUDO
Fuji Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tezuka Architects
photograph : Katsuhisa Kida
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Teshima Art Museum
Ryue Nishizawa + Rei Naito
photograph : Noboru Morikawa
Teshima Art Museum
Suntory Museum of Art
Kengo Kuma & Associates
image : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
Suntory Museum of Art
Museum of Hiroshige Ando, Batou
Kengo Kuma & Associates
image : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
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