Teshima Museum part of the surrounding hills

Teshima Art Museum & white clover

This time, the Teshima Art Museum in early summer. White clovers were in bloom. The wild flowers matched naturally the terraced rice paddies nearby, enabling the landscape to retain its original idyllic atmosphere. 

The shell of the museum and the cafe/shop are pretty thin; 25 cm. I heard NISHIZAWA wanted to make it thinner like 15 cm. 

The shell is beautifully done. Considering the construction people couldn't see the inner surface of the shell when they were pouring the concrete mixture on top of the joined steel rods which were assembled on the earth mound which formed the museum, they did a splendid job. In addition they couldn't fix the inner surface after the mound was taken. In ordinary constructions, they can polish and complete the inner surface but not in this case. So there was no rehearsal or fixing; only the real act.

The inner space of the museum stretches row and horizontal, making it different from common domes.

Seasons come around and it seems to be an endless journey we're living but nothing stays the same and all are transient. That's the way all things are.

Museum cafe/shop