Project Name

Teshima Art Museum

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Project Location

Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Year of Completion

2010

Project Architect

Ryue Nishizawa

Owner

Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation

Student Author

Elia Magari

Climate

Humid Subtropical

Application

wall, ceiling, structure

Material and its Properties

cast in place concrete shell

Other Sources

http://www.archdaily.com/151535/teshima-art-museum

Environmental Response

The use of an open air structure resembplin a water droplet responds well to its context near the ocean as well as the tropical climate of the area.

Recommended Citation

Nishizawa, Ryue, "Teshima Art Museum" (2010). Building Case Studies. 253.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/253