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Hasegawa was born in Shizuoka, born 1941, received her degree in architecture from Kanto Gakuin University (1964), trained with Kiyonori Kikutake. In 1969, Hasegawa entered kazua Shinohara’s lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a graduate student. After two years, she became his assistant, a far greater honor and responsibility in Japan than the expression suggests in English. In 1979 she formed her own design firm, Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier, which has designed a number of award-winning buildings in Japan and abroad.Hasegawa is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and has received the Avon Arts Award, the Building Contractor's Society Prize for the Shonandai Cultural Center, the Cultural Award for Residential Architecture (Fukuoka, Japan), and a Design Prize from the Architectural Institute of Japan.

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Location Yamanashi, Japan

Date 1996

Building Type museum and greenhouse

ConstructionSystem

glass and steel

Climate Temperate

Context Rural

Style High Tech Modern,

Expressionist Modern

Museum of Fruit

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Museum of FruitThis museum uses the form of a group ofshelters scattered around the site as ametaphor for the vitality and diversity offruit; a primordial landscape hidden deep inthe fantastic human psyche. The Fruit Plazaarea represents the image of seeds whichhave grown in to large trees (themselvesthe beginnings of a new cycle). Thegreenhouse, an "encyclopedia oHruiC,represents the memory of the tropical sunin which seeds germinate. The undergroundexhibition hall is dedicated to the worldoHrui t genes. The workshop is a symbol ofthe "foreignness. inherent in the vitality ofseeds. The architecture of the museum tellsthe story of fruit; the shelters are ofdifferent sizes and materials, either plantedfirmly in the ground or jumping out of-rejecting-the earth. The rich cultural andhistorical relationship between people andfruit can be symbolized by the wayscattered seeds land and prosper in aparticular environment. The way in whichfruit propagates and mixes can be seen as ametaphor for the coexistence.

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Museum of Fruit

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3- 4-

basement (office)

first floor(Shop)

Secand floor(workshop)

Third floor (restaurant)

Plans

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Museum of Fruitsections

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Museum of FruitFruit Workshop

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Museum of FruitPerspective

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Museum of Fruit

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Plaza plan

Plaza section

Plaza roof plan

Plaza south elevation

Plaza

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Museum of Fruit

Library

Restaurant

workshop

Underground

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Himi seaside botanical garden

Design/completion1993/1995.Himi city, Toyama

Site area:10,119 square meters.

Total floor area: 2,294 square meters.Reinforced concrete, steel

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Himi seaside botanical garden

Because the Japanese archipelago issurrounded by sea, its plant life isstrongly influenced by sea waterand sea winds. The shorelineexhibits a range of landforms,including shifting sand dunes,exposed cliffs, and tidal estuarieswith salt marshes. The plant life ofthese seashore zones has had toadapt to adverse conditions; there ismuch we can learn from it aboutthe mysteries and power of lifeforms, which will ultimatelystrengthen our ecologicalunderstanding. The Himi SeasideBotanical Gal"den is located on theShimao coastline of Toyama Bay,one kilometer from a pine forest.Our design aims to preserve thecoastline and to create anenvironment in which visitors candirectly experience the edgebetween the water and the land.

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Himi seaside botanical garden

Exhibition halls, a greenhouse, and aglass corridor encircle an oval courtyardexhibition area; this rounded form waschosen to reflect the cyclicalcharacteristics of people and nature.visitors are drawn through the exhibits,dong this curved exhibition route andcan experience the life of the seashorein a number of different ways. The mainexhibition hall contains interpretivepanels that explain the history,function, and significance of seashorelife, from the earliest times to thepresent. There is a mangrovegreenhouse in which visitors canexperience a time when tropical plantsgrew in Himi. Different varieties of vinescan be seen in the glass tube, Inaddition to the oval courtyard exhibitarea, there are also workshops, a maproom, a flower and insect exhibitionroom, a caretaker's greenhouse,meeting rooms, and arestaurant/lounge with views of thecoast and the nearby Tateyamamountain range.

Plaza

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Himi seaside botanical garden sections

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Himi seaside botanical garden

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Himi seaside botanical garden

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centre

Design/Completion :1993 – 1998

Niigata City

Site area : 140,144 sqm

Total floor area : 25.100 sqmConstrictor : steel, reinforced concrete

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centre

Established in 1998, Niigata City Performing Arts Centre seeks to provide a welcoming atmosphere for those interested in entertainment and cultural events. The huge ultra-modern building sports three large halls and features large windows which enable visitors to see Niigata City as it changes through each season. The new centre represents the warmth of Niigata and also provides a space for those who are simply interested in spending time with family and friends.

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centreplans

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centre

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centre

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Niigata City Performing Arts Centre