Information
| Title | Mekuba-ru Miwa |
| Builder | Miwa City |
|---|---|
| Location | 985 Hisamitsu Oji,Miwamachi, Asakura gun, Fukuoka, |
| Construction | Matsumura Corporation, Takamatsu Corporation, Miwa-City Construction Joint Venture |
| Awards | 9th Public Building Award The 13th Fukuoka Prefecture Beautiful Town Development Award Grand Prize 24th Hiroba Award 1999 Kyushu Branch Director's Award for Excellent Lighting Facility |
| Publications | Shin-Kenchiku2000.3 Architectural Institute of Japan Architectural Design Materials Synthesis (Gathering and Citizen Service) Architectural Institute of Japan Selected Works 2003 Modern Japanese Architecture vol.1 Archiworld 57 Nikkei Architecture2000.2.21 hiroba 1999.11 2000.10 |
Concept
The complex adopts a "row of buildings" layout, in which the individual buildings are independent, but are connected like a mountain range, creating a synergistic harmony of the various landscape features and an attractive landscape as a whole. The building is composed of a group of village-like buildings with a motif of hipped roofs, similar to the dwellings of the Yayoi people, under the themes of "building a good community" and "yearning for a romantic world that transcends time and space. The library is a pleasant place to walk through, with streets, plazas, and alleys as the stage for daily life, and various scenes related to the history of the community unfold as people move about. The library, with a collection of 50,000 open-shelf books and 35,000 closed-shelf books, is a facility where users of other facilities can drop by and interact with each other.
