KENGO KUMA

Exhibition Rooms 1 & 2 Hills, MountainsThis room focuses on distinctive architectural works viewed from outside that represent the whole, such as looking down from the top of a hill or looking up at a cliff or mountain.Main exhibits:Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee, Scotland, UKHisao & Hiroko TAKI PLAZA Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, JapanSaint-Denis-Pleyel Station, FranceUCCA Clay Museum, China

Exhibition Rooms 3 & 4 Forests, Caves: This room will feature architectural works focusing on what goes inside, and will include materials and models that allow visitors to explore the interior of the buildings and experience their special interiors.Main exhibits:Birch Moss Chapel Nagano, JapanRoof/Birds Nagano, JapanNational Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHaruki Murakami Library Tokyo, JapanWhitestone Gallery Taipei, Taiwan

Exhibition Room 5 Products: Kengo Kuma produces a wide range of products, mainly furniture, as well as architecture. This room will be an interactive exhibition space where visitors can actually sit on some of his chairs as well as display actual furniture.

Exhibition Rooms 5 and 6 PVideo Experiences: This is a space to experience various images by showing video works featuring Kengo Kuma’s architectural works and by experiencing virtual space with a game controller.

Exhibition Room Passageway Reference Materials: In the last corridor after exiting the exhibition rooms, valuable and rarely seen materials such as study materi­als, sketches, computer graphics, and photographs of study models of various architectural works will be exhibited.

Plan: Karuizawa New Art Museum

Organizer: Karuizawa New Art Museum

Cosponsor: NEW ART HOLDINGS Co., Ltd., Whitestone Co., Ltd., Sasazawa Corporation

Cooperation: Kengo Kuma & Associates

Support: Karuizawa Town, Karuizawa Town Board of Education