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Matsuida-machi Municipal Hall
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Current Name: Annaka City Matsuida-machi Culutural Archives
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Category: Public service
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Architect: Seiichi SHIRAI
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Construction: Kajima Corporation
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Year: 1956
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Location:
Gunma
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Located on a hilly land developing by silkworm, cotton industry in Gunma, is the Matsuida Town Hall Shirai, who declared a Japanese traditional aesthetic,Jomon, while the another idea, Yayoi by Kenzo Tange, among the debates of Dento-Ronso (Debate of Tradition) in the 1950’s in Japan. Through the debates, Shirai tried to find the unique investigating dark and folklore cultural aspects to realize architectural space. Especially, the façade of this building is composed of quarry stone to sustain the curved balcony, was named “ Pantheon on the Field”.
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docomomo選定年度：2008
