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Oita Prefectural Oita Library
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Current Name: Art Plaza, Ohita city
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Category: Library
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Architect: Arata ISOZAKI
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Construction: Goto Gumi
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Year: 1966
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Additional Construction: Retrofit;1998
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Location:
Oita
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This library, architect Arata Isozaki, represents one of his major early works. The three-story building, completed in 1966, is in reinforced concrete with the super structure, square tubes finished in exposed concrete. Isozaki challenged to cast an anti-parallel hypothesis against the metabolism architecture of possible hardware changes/ transformations according to the time passage and the shift in need; i.e., to maintain the original form and disposition. Thus, he responded by composing the super structure, square tubes to be abruptly cut off in mid air at the end without any ado. Although, the overall design of this building can only be identified as a composition with the metabolistic vocabulary, indeed, in denying any prospect for future changes, he expressed a powerful statement by ceasing the building in frozen stasis. In 1998, it was converted, under Isozaki’s supervision, to a multi-faceted cultural center, featuring art galleries. Today, the building illustrates the original concept by clearly emphasizing the spatial composition.
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Cultural Property Info: Tangible Cultural Property
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docomomo選定年度:2003
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登録有形文化財:2022
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別府市公会堂
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1960~1969
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