The renovation includes three areas: Eco art Museum, A4 Gallery and the entrance space of A4 art Museum. As several areas located in different levels, and they lack a physical or formal connection to each other, we needed to find logic: in the fragmented spaces so that the spaces can fully integrated into the functional areas of the current art exhibition centre.
Eco art Museum is divided into three areas: a space for the Crystal Deer by Nawa Kohei, an immersive art display, and a video area. We try to disengage the original structure and insert independent volumes: A wall like a floating belt, can serve as a display, space divider and guide, The implanted wall coexiste with original structure, preserving the mystery of the original underground space.
With the sculptural display wall, A4 gallery change the spatial character of a passageway space. The implanted display wall is a place to rest or place exhibits. The Ceilings extracts existing architectural elements, enhances the sense of ceremony at the entrance.
The entrance of A4 art Museum, converted from the underground garage, is hidden and dark. We wanted to illuminate the entrance and to create a memory of the A4 Museum. We tried to form a configuration of three diagonal white acrylic sheets, resembling an 'A' or '4', which acted as both illumination and texture. Each unit has a downlight and a bulb light in the hope of creating two different layers of light (one illuminating the lower part and one illuminating the frosted acrylic sheet), which can be reflected in the lake at night, shimmering like swan feathers. The interior has been transformed to complement the functions of the cultural and creative shop, bag storage and ticket information, with a volume twist as a transition to guide the flow of people and link the front hall to the back side of the exhibition hall.