page_title: Terunobu Fujimori
section_title: Nemunoki Museum of Art (2004–2006)
hierarchical_section_title: Terunobu Fujimori / Nemunoki Museum of Art (2004–2006)
caption_attribution_description: Nemunoki Children's Museum of Art "DONGURI", at the Nemunoki-mura ねむの木村にあるねむの木こども美術館 どんぐり静岡県掛川市上垂木あかしあ通りで撮影
context_page_description: Terunobu Fujimori is a Japanese architect and architectural historian.
  During the 1970s and 1980s he made studies of the city about early Western buildings and unusual occurrences, and did not turn to architecture until he was in his forties. His work is considered by many to be eccentric but is characterised by his use of natural materials.
  Although he is well known in Japan as a cultural commentator he was not widely known in the West until he represented Japan at the 2006 Venice Biennale.
context_section_description: The Nemunoki Museum of Art is situated in Kakegawa in Shizuoka Prefecture. It was designed to house works of art by physically disabled children from an institute formed by the Japanese singer and actress Mariko Miyagi in 1967. Jutting out of the hillside, Fujimori compares its design to a "hairy mammoth". The hand-rolled copper roof is connected to the hill by a line of living grass along the ridge. The route through the museum is choreographed to take the visitor from the reception into a landscaped garden before re-entering the museum through a small door at the back. This route is designed to offer an interlude for purification and contemplation from everyday life before viewing the works of art. The simple white interior is punctuated with a lattice-like screen above the main gallery that is reminiscent of the mammoth's spine.
caption: "Acorn" at Nemu no Ki Children's Museum
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