History and Culture Museum, Taketa
Kengo Kuma 

History and Culture Museum, Taketa

Kengo Kuma 


At the foot of the ancestral castle of Oka, a small information center tells the history of the enclave beneath an expressive play of roofs clad in a lattice of smoked bamboo.

A bamboo gallery marks the garden’s boundary, leading to an elevator that travels the steep ascent to connect the museum to what was home to Tanomura Chikuden, painter of wistful Edo period sceneries.



Obra Work
Museo de Historia y Cultura de Taketa History and Culture Museum, Taketa (Japan).

Cliente Client
Taketa City.

Arquitectos Architects
Kengo Kuma and Associates / Minoru Yokoo, Shoichi Murai, Hiroyasu Imai, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Shiho Yoo (equipo team).

Consultores Consultants
Ejiri Structure Engineering (estructura structure); P.T.Morimura & Associates (instalaciones MEP services).

Presupuesto Budget
7.678.522 €.

Superficie Area
1.240 m².

Fotos Photos
Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office.