Thursday, January 31, 2013

Ehime Science Museum


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The Ehime Prefectural Science Museum is situated on the hillside overlooking Niihama and the Inland sea.

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It opened in 1994 and was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, an internationally-renowned Japanese architect who I am not very familiar with, but I have seen his Mojiko Retro Tower.

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The complex of buildings uses geometric shapes... cone, triangle, cube, sphere,  semi-circles etc as well as a large reflective pool.

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Embodied in the concrete is titanium, granite, and marble.

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The museum is open from 9 to 5 daily, except Mondays. Entrance is 500yen

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