On November 2018, 11, a new school building designed by world-famous architect Kazuyo Sejima will be completed on the Osaka University of Arts campus in Kanan Town, Osaka Prefecture.It is used as a school building for the Department of Art Science, and is an open space with a structure that connects the inside and the outside.Located on a small hill, it is likely to become a new symbol of Osaka University of Arts.
According to Osaka University of Arts, the new school building will have a total of about 1 square meters, with one basement floor and two floors above ground.It is designed to look like three circular structures stacked on top of each other, allowing you to enter and exit from various directions and see all directions from inside the building.It looks integrated with the hill and is considered to blend in with the surrounding landscape.
Inside, there is a lecture room used for classes, a gallery displaying art works by teachers and students, and a studio that produces art science works equipped with a wide variety of electronic devices.
Sejima was born in Ibaraki prefecture in 1956. Established Kazuyo Sejima Architectural Design Office in 1987, co-designed architecture such as 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion, Louvre-Lens, etc. Has received many outside architecture awards.
Mr. Sejima aims to create a space where students other than the art science department can easily drop in at the new school building and create new encounters, as well as a park-like space where various people can feel the signs and nature of others and relax freely. Designed.
