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Teshima Art Museum — Nishizawa / Rei Naito
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Roof treated as weightless field.
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Systems of Clarity
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Origin:
Teshima
Era:
2010
Themes / Lineage:
light; atmosphere; boundary
Field Notes:
roof; air; opening
Quiet Modernism appears here as structural load visually withdrawn.

Roof treated as weightless field.

Teshima Art Museum — Nishizawa / Rei Naito

The overhead plane appears to float.

Load withdraws.

Continuity holds.

How does load disappear?
A roof is usually understood as bearing weight, yet heaviness withdraws. The plane appears to float. What continues is shelter held without mass.

A roof is usually understood as bearing weight, yet heaviness withdraws.

The plane appears to float.

What continues is shelter held without mass.

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