The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Takebashi, Tokyo, will be hosting the architecture exhibition "Japanese Houses: Architecture and Lifestyles Since 1945" from July 19 to October 29. The exhibition, which first opened at the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome in 2016 and then at the Barbican Centre in London in March 2017, showcases 75 residential buildings by 56 leading Japanese architects and their architectural groups, including Jun Aoki, Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Kumiko Inui, Kazunari Sakamoto, Kazuo Shinohara, Kenzo Tange, Kazuyo Sejima, Itsuko Hasegawa, Sou Fujimoto, Terunobu Fujimori, Kunio Maekawa, Riken Yamamoto, and Antonin Raymond, through over 400 models, blueprints, photographs, and videos. The exhibition also focuses on the postwar period, when building conditions changed dramatically, and deliberately presents the works in 13 themes, such as "Prototypes and Mass Production," "Concrete on the Earth," and "The Nature of the Family," rather than in chronological order. The house can be viewed from various angles, including its time period, social context, location, and human connections. Furthermore, inside the building, a life-size model of the "Assistant Professor Saito House" (Seike Kiyoshi, 1952), which is said to be one of the masterpieces of Japanese residential architecture and no longer exists, is reproduced with its original furniture. This large-scale exhibition will deepen your understanding of Japanese residential architecture.
【Exhibition Information】
"The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945"
Dates: July 19th - October 29th
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1st Floor Special Exhibition Gallery
Address: 3-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (*Until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Admission: Adults 1,200 yen (900 yen), University students 800 yen (500 yen)
*Prices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more
Closed: Mondays (open on September 18th and October 9th), September 19th, October 10th