A Piece of Cloth
Highlighting Issey Miyake’s concept in clothing design of “A Piece of Cloth,” Ando devised the idea for the roof as one sheet of folded steel. In addition to the roof, the building incorporates Japan’s world-leading technology such as the longest sheet of double-glazed glass in Japan.
The building is a low-rise structure consisting of one ground floor and one underground floor. 折Most of the volume of the building, which has a unique form featuring a roof made from giant steel plates that slope gently down to the ground, is buried underground. Once inside, the space opens out on a scale unimaginable given the building’s unobtrusive exterior. The ground floor houses the entrance and reception area, while the underground floor houses two galleries and a triangular sunken court. The building was designed by architect Tadao Ando, whose brief was to design a structure that would represent Japan.
Location: 9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Completion date: 2007
Opening hours: 11:00～20:00 (entrance until 19:30) Closed Tuesday.
Admission:
General 1,000yen / University student 800yen / High and Junior high school student 50yen /Ages 12 and under may enter for free.
Please be advised that hours, closures, and admission fees may vary according to the type of exhibition or event.
website: www.2121designsight.jp
Times
11:00 – 20:00 （Entrance until 19:30）
Closed
Tuesdays, and December 28th through January 2nd.
Admission
General ￥1,000
University student ￥800
High and Junior high school student ￥500
Ages 12 and under may enter for free
(￥200 discount for groups of over 15 people. Please download reservation sheet.)
＊With a certification of disability, admission is free as well as that of an accompanying care-giver.
＊￥100 discount with a stub of current exhibition at Suntory Museun ot art . (Only one person. Unavailavle other discount at the same time.)
＊Please be advised that hours, closures, and admission fees may vary according to the type of exhibition or event.
A Request from 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
When inside the facility, we ask your cooperation with regard to the following :
* Please refrain from video recording and photography.
* Please do not use your mobile phones.
* Please refrain from the use of fountain pens, liquid ink, etc.
* Please refrain from smoking, drinking, or eating.
* Please do not bring your pet (service dogs are an exception).
Address：9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Tel：03-3475-2121
Subway：5 min. walk from the exit to Tokyo Midtown Roppongi station on the Toei Oedo Line, Exit 6 Roppongi station on the Tokyo metro Hibiya Line and Exit 3 Nogizaka station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Notice: 21_21 Q Closed.
21_21 Q FOODS&GOODS was closed on February 28th, 2009.
http://www.2121designsight.jp/