Article source: akihisa hirata architecture office

“Let the city bloom”

It is a cultural exchange facility built in front of Ota station in Gunma prefecture.

Ota City has a population of about 220,000 people, and the number of users of the station exceeds 10,000 people in a day. But few people walk in front of the station, shopping streets are quiet. To pioneer breakthroughs for such a situation prevailing throughout Japan, it is the purpose of construction to bring life back in front of Ota Station.

Therefore, for people to easy to walk though and stop by, we aimed for architecture that the town is continuing to the inside.

Image Courtesy © Daici Ano

• Architects: akihisa hirata architecture office
• Project: Art Museum & Library
• Location: Ota, Gunma, Japan
• Photography: Daici Ano
• Client: Masayoshi Shimizu (mayor)
• Project Architect: Yuko tonogi
• Construction: Tetsuya Kobayashi, Tomonori Takahashi, Jyunya Mugikura, Kouki Kobori
• Design Team: Ayaka Matsuda, Ayami Takada, Hitomi Namiki, Naoki Nakamata
• Structural Engineer: Mitsuhiro Kanada, Junichiro Ito (ARUP)
• Mechanical Engineer: Kentaro Suga, Hirotaka Ogihara, Arata Kiyono (ARUP)

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