Ishinomaki City Museum

This is a project to relocate the Ishinomaki Cultural Center, a museum in Ishinomaki City that was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

After the earthquake, Ishinomaki City planned to build a complex cultural facility such as theaters and museums that would become a new cultural hub in the city, and proceeded with the development of the Ishinomaki City Museum, which would succeed the Ishinomaki Cultural Center.
The concept of the Ishinomaki City displays is "a displays that displays the rich history of Ishinomaki, displays by the great rivers and the sea." , and a special displays room.

Features of the displays space experience include an exhibition that focuses on "landscape" as a new way of historical displays displays shares "history = time" in collaboration with contemporary artist Yukihiro Yamagami. The displays space concept design resonates with the architectural design, hands-on displays that allow visitors to immerse themselves in the real thing, imagine the site, and learn about history. In addition, exhibitions will also be held in special displays rooms that meet the requirements of "approved public facilities" where valuable materials can be borrowed and opened to the public.


[Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests]
This is a renovation to relocate and newly build a museum facility that was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The challenges are the implementation of methods for displays and utilizing the precious archived materials restored by the cultural property rescue project, as well as the history and culture that can be shared by the citizens of Ishinomaki City, which consists of various areas such as coastal areas, rural areas, and urban areas. The individuality of the theater is depicted, and the attractiveness of the theater as a complex cultural facility can be raised. It was hoped that the recovery and reconstruction from the earthquake would be promoted from the perspective of cultural education administration and tourism promotion.


【solution】
In the history and culture displays room, in order to have citizens familiarize themselves with the history and culture of Ishinomaki, in addition to being able to enjoy actual materials, the focus is on "the people who live in Ishinomaki", and the people of each era are displayed in the place called Ishinomaki. We focused on displays methods that expand the imagination of visitors about how they lived and overcame.
Based on this idea, many photos, videos, and illustrations of the city's "scenery" are displays in the room. We constructed an displays space where you can feel the present in the uninterrupted flow of time. In the displays of five eras that specifically trace history and culture, there is a “hands-on displays” where you can experience the sensations of people who lived in each era, and a visual magazine-style topic on the history and culture that is alive in Ishinomaki today. The edited "Column displays" is interspersed. Visitors are welcomed by a space that incorporates a variety of ingenuity, where a wide range of generations can enjoy the past and present of Ishinomaki together.
In addition, in the displays room of "Mori Collection" and "Eikichi Takahashi Works" inherited from the former Ishinomaki Cultural Center, in addition to the composition of the works in chronological order, the life of Mr. Mohri and Mr. Eikichi Takahashi, the days spent in Ishinomaki etc. We carefully explained the background of the work, and made it a place where you can appreciate it while knowing the thoughts put into the work. In the line of flow that connects these displays, we have laid out the displays room "Predecessors related to Ishinomaki" that introduces predecessors who were active in various fields.


<Our project members>
[Development] Akira Kato, Masanobu Yokoyama
[Sales and project management] Yamauchi quantity
[Planner] Yuichi Kameyama, Naoko Nakase, Saki Ninomiya
[concept design] Yutaka Uehara, Shunsuke Shimizu, Yuri Nakagawa
[Modeling] CIC: Nobuyuki Endo
[Production plan] Junichi Ito
[Production] Akio Hiraishi