INTERMEDIATHEQUE

Museography © UMUT works 2013-

Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association (JCD) Review

‘INTERMEDIATHEQUE’ was established in the JP Tower which was developed from the former Tokyo Central Post Office building to a large-scale free-of-charge museum and a shop arcade ‘KITTE’. It was re-edited as a cultural facility attempting a dynamic synthesis with a commercial facility. Following the perspective of retrofuturism, artificial display methods and materials such as brass, copper, and iron mold link the 19th-century museum’s space and the 20th-century modernistic design.

General Supervision: Yoshiaki Nishino, Director, The University Museum, the University of Tokyo (UMUT); Museum Planning: UMUT; Museum Design: Intermediatheque Department, UMUT + Tanseisha Co. Ltd. + Simplicity Co. Ltd.; Exhibition Design: Intermediatheque Department, UMUT
Award: JCD Design Award 2013 Gold Prize, DSA Space Design 2013 Grand Prize, Good Design Award 2013