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Museum / 2004

Chichu Art Museum

Tadao Ando Architect & Associates · Naoshima, Japan

GAD / PROJECT FILEChichu Art MuseumNaoshima · 2004Project reference · photography at source

A mostly underground museum shaped around art and daylight.

The project, in context

Tadao Ando placed much of the museum below the landscape of Naoshima. Geometric courts bring daylight into a sequence of spaces made for works by Claude Monet, James Turrell and Walter De Maria.

What to look for

  1. 01

    Underground galleries

  2. 02

    Daylight as part of the exhibition

  3. 03

    Art-specific spaces

Read this project in context

Museum daylight: three ways to shape an encounter

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