| Hours: | Exhibition Space: 9 am to 5 pm (last entrance 4:30 pm)
Lounge, etc.: 9 am to 9 pm |
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| Closed: | Mondays (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Admission: | Admission for permanent exhibition: adults: 500 yen; high school students and under: free For groups of 20 +: 400 yen per person Special exhibits: Admission is determined by the city mayor and may vary. *Teachers accompanying schoolchildren and those accompanying the handicapped: free |
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Architect:Ryue Nishizawa
| 1966: | Born in Tokyo. |
| 1990: | Masters Degree, Yokohama National University Graduate School. Joins Kazuyo Sejima and Associates. |
| 1995: | Establishes SANAA with Kazuyo Sejima. 1997: Establishes the Office of Ryue Nishizawa. Associate Professor, Yokohama National University Graduate School (Y-GSA). Visiting Professor, Princeton University Graduate School. Visiting Professor, Harvard University Graduate School. |
Main Works (Asterisk indicates collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima)
2004: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa (museum; Ishikawa prefecture); 2005: Moriyama Residence (apartment house; Tokyo); 2005 N MUSEUM (museum; Naoshima, Kagawa prefecture)
Awards:
Architectural Institute of Japan Prize, 1998 and 2006 (As SANAA)
La Biennale di Venezia International Architecture Exhibition Golden Lion Award, 2005 (As SANAA)
Mainichi Art Prize, 2005 (As SANAA)
SD Review Kajima Award, 2001
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The Young Scientists' Prize, 2005
Rolf Schock Prize, 2005
Comment on the Towada Art Center
This building, as an integral part of the concept of "likening Kanchogaidori as a whole to a museum," inevitably needs to be open and approachable, with a continuity between the activities inside the building and the street outside. To achieve that, we have divided the exhibition rooms into separate entities; their random interspersion throughout the facility allows for the intertwining of the indoor exhibition rooms and the outdoor art space.