Jun Murata

Diamant - Glass Art Gallery & Residence

Jun Murata
16. noviembre 2015

PROJECT CREDITS

Project
Diamant – Glass Art Gallery & Residence

Location
Osaka, Japan

Year
2015

Architect
Jun Murata / JAM, IAOsmond Int’l JPN

 
Function
Gallery, office, storage, residence

Structure
Reinforced concrete, timber frame / conversion

Site area
39.19 sqm

Total floor area
99.30 sqm

Models
Nini, Weiwei

Photo: Jun Murata / JAM
Photo: Jun Murata / JAM
Photo: Jun Murata / JAM

The client is an owner of an antique shop with a gallery at the central area of Osaka. This location is also near Kansai airport, is very convenient to him who often takes business trips. The client was a foreigner, so it was difficult to build. From the point of view of his condition and budget, it was proper and smooth choice for him to buy a secondhand building and renovate it. He requested me to design some storage space wider than before, a little exhibition space, and the comfortable space for staying and working. Additionally, it was also necessary to settle several troubles and problems to secure the habitability of the 1st floor.

Photo: Jun Murata / JAM
Photo: Jun Murata / JAM

The frontal road is very busy by huge trailers and dump tracks for Osaka Port. The environment was very inferior by continuous vibration and an intense row. There were no windows on the south and the west side which faced next‐door neighbors, and it was possible to take light in only from the east. Effective lighting and illumination planning were required, after considering the harmony with silver patterned existence outer wall.

Photo: Jun Murata / JAM
Photo: Jun Murata / JAM

Easy maintenance as well as earthquake resistance, sound insulation and lighting were also satisfied, so square glass blocks was adopted in the facade on the 1st floor. Various glass blocks with opaqueness, translucency and wave patterns are arranged by a certain design rule. Lights and shadows colored vividly are brought to the simple interior space.

Photo: Jun Murata / JAM
Photo: Jun Murata / JAM

The first floor is divided into showroom, storage and sanitary. The client’s collection of glassware and antique is exhibited by a slit of the L-shaped thrust through in the wall of the storage core. The mirror surface in front of the slit inside makes various light be amplified, and the dim interior is produced softly.

Photos: Jun Murata / JAM
Photos: Jun Murata / JAM

On the second floor, there are warehouses gathering antique collections, on the third floor, there is a private space for a comfortable stay. Indirect light in the upper part of a slit and a core illuminates the interior in the evening, and a gorgeous expression appears in the twilight and creates the scene like the crystal of glass. I expect that space in a played corner lot keeps being existence like only one little gleam as hope which shines on the darkness on which loneliness floats.

Drawing: Jun Murata / JAM
Drawing: Jun Murata / JAM

PROJECT CREDITS

Project
Diamant – Glass Art Gallery & Residence

Location
Osaka, Japan

Year
2015

Architect
Jun Murata / JAM, IAOsmond Int’l JPN

 
Function
Gallery, office, storage, residence

Structure
Reinforced concrete, timber frame / conversion

Site area
39.19 sqm

Total floor area
99.30 sqm

Models
Nini, Weiwei

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