Location:
2-294 Torii Matsu Machi
Kasugai-shi
Aichi Prefecture
Tokyo

Japan

coordinates: 35.2403183,136.9696808
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Building names(s): GC Prostho Museum Research Center
Architect/Designer: Kengo Kuma
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Completion date: 2010

function(s): museum

Site Area: 421.55 sqm Built Area: 233.95 sqm Total Floor Area: 626.5 sqm design: This is architecture that originates from the system of Cidori, an old Japanese toy. Cidori is an assembly of wood sticks with joints having unique shape, which can be extended merely by twisting the sticks, without any nails or metal fittings. The tradition of this toy has been passed on in Hida Takayama, a small town in a mountain, where many skilled craftsmen still exist. Cidori has a wood 12 mm square as its element, which for this building was transformed into different sizes. Parts are 60mm×60mm×200cm or 60mm×60mm×400cm, and form a grid of 50cm square. This cubic grid also becomes the grid on its own for the showcase in the museum.