COMICO ART MUSEUM
Yufuin, Japan
2017, 2022
Nestled beneath the majestic Mount Yufu, Kengo Kuma’s COMICO ART MUSEUM YUFUIN (opened 2017, expanded 2022) functions as a piece of "auxiliary line" architecture, designed to weave contemporary art seamlessly into the local *Satoyama* (village-mountain) landscape. Eschewing the typical white-box museum typology, the building asserts a hushed, deep-black presence. Its defining feature is the exterior envelope clad entirely in *yakisugi* (traditional Japanese charred cedar), providing a textured, weather-resistant skin that grounds the structure in local vernacular craftsmanship. To harmonize with the small scale of the surrounding village houses, the volume is fragmented beneath several pitched roofs. Sharp, diagonal aluminum elements slice through these planes, purposefully echoing the dynamic, jagged silhouette of Mount Yufu above. This dialogue between the dark, tactile materiality of the earth and the ascending verticality of the mountains creates an intimately scaled yet spiritually expansive viewing environment.
COMICO 艺术馆
日本 由布院
2017, 2022
坐落于壮丽的由布岳山脚下，隈研吾设计的 COMICO 艺术馆（2017年开馆，2022年扩建）并非一座孤立的艺术殿堂，而是作为一条“辅助线”，将当代艺术无缝编织入日本传统的“里山”（Satoyama，即村庄与山林交界处）风景中。为了消解现代美术馆常见的庞大体量，建筑摒弃了典型的白盒子（white-box）形态，呈现出一种静谧深邃的黑色姿态。其最具标志性的特征在于外立面：通体覆盖着日本传统工艺“烧杉板”（Yakisugi）。这种经过表面碳化处理的木材不仅提供了卓越的防腐耐候性，更赋予建筑一种充满肌理的大地触感。为了与周边尺度宜人的民居相协调，建筑群被巧妙地分割在数个错落的坡屋顶之下。同时，锐利且倾斜的铝制线条如同向量般穿透这些屋顶平面，其角度经过精心计算，恰好与背景中由布岳起伏连绵的陡峭山脊线形成强烈的几何呼应。