NHKOsakaBroadcastingStation-OsakaMuseumofHistory

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Completion Date

2001/4/1

Building Use

Cultural facility

Location

Osaka-shi, Osaka prefecture

Site Area

12,999m2

Floor Area

90,026m2
Area exclusive to NHK: 47,430m2
Area exclusive to Osaka City: 23,606m2
Shared area 18,989m2

Building Area

7,480m2

Structure/Stories

NHK Wing: Steel structure (hall section: Steel-frame Reinforced Concrete), 3 basement levels, 18 stories above ground, (PH 2)
Museum Wing: Steel structure (basement section: Steel-frame Reinforced Concrete), 3 basement levels, 13 stories above ground, (PH 1)

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This complex facility houses a broadcasting station, a theatre and a museum. The construction project was extremely difficult as it was undertaken while preserving the numerous confirmed 7th and 8th century remains on-site.
The configuration of the individual facilities expresses the distinctive characteristics of each. The broadcasting station expresses the functionality of its facilities such as the studio hall while the museum, as public facility, has an impressive fusiform shape. The atrium, an approach space for the overall complex that serves to connect the two wings, is spherical.
In addition, the "Boat with a sail full of wind" motif that puts one in mind of the "Water Capital Osaka" expresses the harmony of the complex.

Awards

2nd Reader's Choice "Architecture and Society" Award (April 2002)