This is a renewal project for a small gallery in the Ochanomizu area. We removed the existing parts with a strong presence, such as the wood-grain floor and wooden entrance door, and updated them into a neutral space.
Gallery @ Kanda, Tokyo Design: Sunao Koase, Shota Kaneko / SNARK Inc. Client: TRINE GALLERY Construction: Total Project Floor area: 29.67㎡ Completion: Mar. 2024 Photo: Masayuki Nakaya
This is an art gallery in Ginza, Tokyo. The plan was to place white walls for exhibition within the existing structure. The white walls were designed to appear freestanding. We tried to minimize the construction cost while eliminating unnecessary elements in the space.
Gallery @ Shintomi, Tokyo Design: Sunao Koase, Shota Kaneko / SNARK Inc. Client: CURIO Construction: Total Project Floor area: 21.20㎡ Completion: Apr. 2022 Photo: Ippei Shinzawa
The volume of the building was derived from the legal restrictions on the size and height of the building, and the desire to secure an exhibition space with as high a ceiling as possible on the first and second floors, and to have a multi-purpose space on the third and fourth floors. Elements such as stairs, handrails and eaves are made of galvanized iron so that the outdoor area can be used as an exhibition space or a terrace. The design of the logo on the eaves and the idea of using mirrors for the door were brought by Mr. Hajime Sorayama. The painting of the exterior walls on the first and second floors was done by Mr. Tetsuya Nakamura. They both are artists affiliated with NANZUKA. The elements such as stairs, handrails and eaves made of the same material and the mirrored door and logo were attached to the building contrastingly, which creates a symbolic appearance suitable for a flagship gallery.This is the new flagship gallery of NANZUKA, an experimental art gallery that aims to connect pop culture and contemporary art. The gallery moved from Shibuya to Jingumae due to the reconstruction of the building that they had been housed in,and built a new building with a multi-purpose space.
Art Gallery @ Jingumae, Tokyo Design: Yu Yamada, Mako Shimanuki, Sunao Koase /SNARK Inc. Structural design: Yoshinori Suzuki, Kakeru Tsuruta /TECTONICA Inc. Construction: Marukou Construction Total area: 266.03㎡ (1F/92.74㎡ 2F/86.68㎡ 3F/52.11㎡ 4F/34.50㎡) Completion: May.2021 Photo: Ippei Shinzawa