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Hiroshima Peace Center
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Current Name: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park
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Category: Exhibition facility
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Architect: Kenzo TANGE
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Construction: Obayashi Corporation
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Year: 1955
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Location:
Hiroshima
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On August 6, 1945, over 200,000, mostly civilian people had been annihilated in Hiroshima by an atomic bomb dropped for the first time in human history. Through a competition, this structure was erected to remember the horror and the victims, and as a symbol that would, in perpetuity, deliver a message of hope and peace. Kenzo Tange won the project with a simple rectangular structure on pilotis a la Corbusian style. Its urban design sets the building on a large piazza to form an axial connection with the Memorial Monument and the famous half torn and melted building, registered as a UNESCO’s World Heritage, the Gembaku or Atomic Dome. This is one of the earliest Japanese architecture to receive an international acclaim after the WWII, and it also marked the starting point for Tange ‘s architectural career.
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Cultural Property Info: Important Cultural Property
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docomomo選定年度:1999
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重要文化財:2006
Exhibition facility
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佐賀県立博物館
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国立西洋美術館
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土門拳記念館
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多摩聖蹟記念館
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大原美術館分館
Hiroshima
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世界平和記念聖堂
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広島A.B.C.C.臨床研究所(原爆傷害調査委員会広島臨床研究所)
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広島基町・長寿園高層アパート
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広島逓信診療所
1950~1959
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横浜市庁舎
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世田谷区役所・区民会館
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国立西洋美術館
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都ホテル佳水園
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白石駅本屋