Noguchi Room as a space for communication
As we saw in Week 1, Taniguchi and Noguchi inherited the spirit of Yukichi Fukuzawa. They conceived of a space to serve as a new “Banraisha,” where students, faculty, and …
Course: Invitation to Ex-Noguchi Room: Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties in Universities
Lessons learned from cases of damage
Damage due to user carelessness has occurred several times in the past in the Ex-Noguchi Room. In this Step we’ll share some examples with you so that, in the future, …
Case-2: Small bench
This Step looks at restoration measures (carried out in 2007) for the Benches (Small) in the Ex-Noguchi Room designed by Isamu Noguchi. Benches by Isamu Noguchi (Photo: Takeshi Taira, source: …
Restoration and Preservation of Sculptures
Before looking at actual examples of restoration, let’s first confirm the definitions of “restoration” and “preservation.” “Restoration” refers to the process of repairing damage to a piece and restoring it …
Restoration vs Preservation: The Ex-Noguchi Room
You will likely already have some awareness of the relationship between preservation and restoration. In this Step, we’ll look at specific measures and records for restoration of the floor of …
Preservation: Learning From the Noguchi Room Mistakes
A previous Step in the Invitation to Ex-Noguchi Room: Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties in Universities Course shows us how relocation led to a major loss of the artistic …
What Do We Need To Preserve Cultural Properties?
The Noguchi Room had to be relocated to the terrace of the Law School Building, and required a new spatial design. The architect Kengo Kuma was in charge of this …
Lesson learned from the Noguchi Room relocation
As we’ve seen in previous Steps, the results were problematic when the Noguchi Room was dismantled and partially reconstructed. However, precisely because the Ex-Noguchi Room had its meaningful relationships stripped …
Relocation of Noguchi Room
So far, we have learned about the background, history, and creation of the Noguchi Room. Now, we’ll look more closely at its relocation. Before doing that, let’s review the chronology …
Isamu Noguchi in Japan
In this Step, we’ll trace the footsteps of Isamu Noguchi after he came to Japan, to around the time he designed the Noguchi Room. First, let’s get an overview of …
Isamu Noguchi and Yoshiro Taniguchi
As we saw in the previous Step, the Noguchi Room came into being because Taniguchi proposed a collaboration with Noguchi. In this Step, we’ll focus on the relationship between Keio …
Background of Noguchi Room
Many cultural properties exist (or have existed) on the Mita Campus. However, the Noguchi Room—the main theme of this course—had particularly high value as a spatial design created by the …
University and culture property
Universities tend to have many cultural properties, but even so, there are notable cases where such properties are lost. Why do things like this happen? Universities have many cultural properties …
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Invitation to Ex-Noguchi Room: Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties in Universities