Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum Phase 2 Renewal

As part of the 2nd renovation of the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum, the "Discovery for Adults" was newly established, and the "Discovery Room", restaurant, museum shop, atrium, and special displays room were renovated. "Adult Discovery", which aims to respond to adults' curiosity and to be used repeatedly, conveys the enjoyment of museums, raises interest in Lake Biwa, and fosters a desire to participate in community and museum activities. It is an exchange space. There are more than 1,000 specimens of animals, plants, minerals, etc., and users are surrounded by specimens, and activities such as looking at them, picking them up, observing them under a microscope, examining them in a picture book, and asking questions to the curator. We built functions and spaces to promote There is a corner where you can observe specimens carefully and experience how to sketch them, and an open lab where you can experience museum research and organizing materials in front of you. The Discovery Room is an experience-based space where you can learn and discover things through stuffing and the five senses as the "entrance of the museum."

[Customer issues/requests]

About 20 years have passed since the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum opened in 1996 (Heisei 8) with the theme of "Lake and Man". During this time, surveys and research and the collection of valuable materials have progressed through interaction and cooperation between museum staff and various people outside the museum. The museum was required to have a system that would convey these results to as many visitors as possible in the form of displays, and that would lead visitors' interests and curiosity to new developments through exchange activities using the museum.

【solution】

For the first time in Japan, there will be a real intellectual space "Adult Discovery" that adults can enjoy, as well as a discovery room where you can learn and discover with your five senses. built a base.

【customer's voice】

The 2nd phase renewal allowed us to reconstruct the exchange space, enhance the exchange function, and increase the number of visitors.

<Our project members>

[Sales/Project Management] Haruya Miwa
[Planner] Taihei Samejima
[concept design] Tadashi Yuasa, Kaoru Sone, Rie Morita, Mina Miyaki, Masaaki Mitsunaga, Reiko Kagawa
[Signature and graphic concept design] Rie Morita, Mina Miyaki, Yuki Higashihara
[Production and construction] Hironari Ota, Yuki Higashihara, Yuka Tabata, Takahiro Nakayama
[public relations] Hiroko Yamase, Nobuaki Yabe