Special Exhibition "Osaka Postwar Architecture and Nakanoshima"
Date and time: October 28 (Sat) to November 2 (Thu), 2023 10:00 to 17:00
＊Closed on October 30 (Mon)
Location: Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall
Special Talk "Osaka Postwar Architecture and Nakanoshima"
Date and time: Saturday, October 28, 2023 15:30 to 17:00
Location: Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 1F Hall
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Shinichi Takaoka (Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Kinki University)
〈Organizers〉 Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
Grants: Regional Creation
In 2022, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka held an exhibition entitled “Portrait of Osaka, a Town of Everyone” under the theme of “Osaka” in the first and second phases of the exhibition. Following the first phase, which outlined various cultural aspects centered on the era of Yoichi Azuma's city "Osaka", the second phase, which focused on creativity engraved in the rugged post-war society, including the revival from the burning ruins, the high growth period, and the 70th World Expo. In the second phase, we introduced trends in art and art, as well as the results of industrial design, including home appliances that played a part in the formation of industrialized houses, their interiors, and post-war lifestyle.
This time, we focused on the "Architecture and Urban Space" of postwar Osaka, which could not be featured in these two phases, and held a special exhibition and special talk in conjunction with the "Living Architecture Museum Festival Osaka", which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. Was. Nakanoshima is a museum of modern and contemporary architecture that has emerged from the Meiji era to the Taisho era and Showa eras. And it is a place where the groundbreaking method has been realized. However, with regard to post-war architecture, there are not many buildings that have already been lost without attention for preservation.
In the special exhibition, photos and materials provided by Obayashi Gumi, Zenitaka Gumi, and Takenaka Corporation are introduced. In the special talk, we invited Shinichi Takaoka, an associate professor of the Faculty of Architecture at Kinki University, one of the leading figures in the history of Kansai architecture, to hear about its features and innovations. The two architectural models of Nakanoshima in the 1970s and present by Takaoka seminar students who participated in the special exhibition showed clearly the changes in the times and the Nakanoshima skyline.
Report writing: Keiko Ueki (Department of Arts and Sciences, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka)
