Oita Prefectural Art Museum

The museum is designed to host many kinds of events, functions and installations. The Japanese design team used traditional horizontal bi-folding glass doors and movable exhibition walls to create flexible spaces that adapt to each need.

Rather than a closed box, the museum is an open environment that keeps visitors and passers-by connected to what happens inside. When the folding glass doors on the ground floor open, the atrium and the outdoor space merge into one large semi-outdoor space.

The street in front can also become an exhibition area, potentially turning the whole neighbourhood into one large event space. Upper floors are wrapped in a timber lattice that gives the building its texture.