The Karuizawa New Art Museum is pleased to present an exhibi­tion by world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma. Kengo Kuma's buildings are often close to nature and incorporate its elements, typically using wood and stone as representative materials, with an awareness of harmony with the surrounding landscape.
The exhibition "Kengo Kuma: Landscape Architecture" at the Karuizawa New Art Museum will feature a number of architectural works based on the theme of landscape (natural scenery).
The exhibition venue is composed of various architectural works inspired by hills, mountains, forests, and caves, which can be experienced through models, photographs, drawings, and videos.
The various works and materials exhibited at the venue will be displayed in such a way that visitors can appreciate them from various angles as if they were visiting actual architectural structures.
This exhibition allows visitors to experience the diversity and beauty of Kengo Kuma's architecture, which exists in various places around the world.

Contents of Exhibits (Main Works on Display)

Exhibition Rooms 1 & 2 Hills, Mountains
This room focuses on distinctive architectural works viewed from outside that represent the whole, such as looking down from the top of a hill or looking up at a cliff or mountain.
Main exhibits:
Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee, Scotland, UK
Hisao & Hiroko TAKI PLAZA Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan
Saint-Denis-Pleyel Station, France
UCCA Clay Museum, China

Exhibition Rooms 3 & 4  Forests, Caves
This room will feature architectural works focusing on what goes inside, and will include materials and models that allow visitors to explore the interior of the buildings and experience their special interiors.
Main exhibits:
Birch Moss Chapel Nagano, Japan
Roof/Birds Nagano, Japan
National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Haruki Murakami Library Tokyo, Japan
Whitestone Gallery Taipei, Taiwan

Exhibition Room 5  Products
Kengo Kuma produces a wide range of products, mainly furniture, as well as architecture. This room will be an interactive exhibition space where visitors can actually sit on some of his chairs as well as display actual furniture.

Exhibition Rooms 5 and 6  PVideo Experiences
This is a space to experience various images by showing video works featuring Kengo Kuma's architectural works and by experiencing virtual space with a game controller.

Exhibition Room Passageway Reference Materials
In the last corridor after exiting the exhibition rooms, valuable and rarely seen materials such as study materi­als, sketches, computer graphics, and photographs of study models of various architectural works will be exhibited.