しまなみ海道の大三島にある建築家・伊東豊雄さんの日本初の建築ミュージアム。現代彫刻の美術館「ところミュージアム大三島」を開館した実業家の所敦夫さんが、伊東豊雄さんに設置を提案し実現したものです。美術館の設計はもちろん伊東豊雄さんで、大三島からみえる瀬戸内海の多島美を綺麗に切り取っているのも見どころです。伊東豊雄の作品を展示しているスティールハットと旧邸宅を再現したシルバーハットの2棟の建物で構成されています。

The Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari is a museum of contemporary architecture and design located in Imabari, Ehime Pref., Japan. The two small museum buildings, named Steel Hut and Silver Hut, both designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Toyo Ito, are located on a promontory on Ōmishima, a small island in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea. Opened in 2011 the museum hosts exhibits and educational programs relating both to the work of Toyo Ito, regional development and other themes in Japanese contemporary architecture.

伊東豊雄建築ミュージアム
住所：愛媛県今治市大三島町浦戸2418 [Google Map]
電話：0897-74-7220
時間：9:00〜17:00
休館：月曜日（祝日の場合は原則翌日振替）　※年末（12/27~12/31)
料金：一般800円、学生400円

Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari
Address : 2418 Urado, Omishima town, Imabari city, Ehime pref., Japan [Google Map]
Tel : +81 (0) 897-74-7220
Time : 9:00〜17:00
Closed : Monday
Fee : Adult 800yen / Student 400yen


瀬戸内日和 – Youtube
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ワークショップ及びリサーチスペース「シルバーハット」。東京にあった伊東豊雄さんのご自宅を再現したもので、半屋外スペースでは、ワークショップやミニコンサートが行われます。大三島のこの土地にあうように設計変更を加えており、多島美が美しくみえるように開口が設置されています。


展示棟「スティールハット」。造船の島でもある大三島らしく、厚い金属板を張り合わせたような建築。1年毎に展示入れ替えを行っており、今年度は「聖地・大三島を護る＝創る」というテーマで展示中です。古いものを護りながら、どう新しいものを築いていくかという内容になっています。

Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari

Mr. Atsuo Tokoro first visited my office in 2004 together with Mr. Koji Hasegawa of Gallery Hasegawa. He had come to ask me to design an annex for the Tokoro Museum, which he had donated to the island of Omishima. This was before Omishima had become part of Imabari City.

I had never been to Omishima before. When I first set foot on the island with Mr. Tokoro and Mr. Hasegawa, I was immediately overwhelmed by its beauty, as well as a mysterious power I felt there. It seemed to be a power hidden in the land itself, one that hinted at the presence of spirits in the earth.

The first step in our design process was the selection of a site. This proved to be easier said than done. From the top of a slope covered with mandarin orange trees, the view of the island-dotted Seto Inland Sea was spectacular — but there was virtually no flat land on which to erect a building.

While the design went through various permutations, the town of Omishima merged with the city of Imabari. This was also a period during which I spoke with Mr. Tokoro and Mr. Hasegawa about my dreams concerning the future of architecture. When I told them that I wanted to open a school for educating young architects, the two of them immediately said, “Why don’t you build it here?”

Imabari happens to be the hometown of the great architect Kenzo Tange. This fact alone made me extremely hesitant to see an architecture museum in my name built in the same city, but the warm encouragement of Mayor Kan and the citizens of Imabari gave me the courage to undertake this project.

They also graciously allowed me to rebuild the Silver Hut in Omishima. This structure had received the Architectural Institute of Japan Award when it was originally built as my residence in Nakano, Tokyo, in 1984.

In this way the Steel Hut, a pavilion for exhibitions constructed with a donation from Mr. Tokoro to Imabari City, and the Silver Hut, serving as a space for workshops and research, came to stand side by side on a promontory overlooking the glorious Seto Inland Sea.

To Mr. Tokoro, Mr. Hasegawa, Mayor Kan, the Imabari City Council, and the citizens of Imabari, I wish to express my deepest gratitude for making this possible. I pledge to do all I can to ensure that this Architecture Museum contributes to the future growth and prosperity of Imabari.