この規模での投影を行うために、プロジェクターが広場の全長にわたって並べられています。それらは視界から隠され、江戸時代に普及した灯籠である辻行灯の幾何学に基づいた構造体に収められており、同時に新たな広場の座席としても機能します。地元で調達された木材から作られた柔軟なモジュール式家具は、イベントやカジュアルな集まりに使用することができます。この広場の持ち上げられた開放的な屋外の状態により、この映像は遠方からも視認可能となり、都市はこのインスタレーションの背景となります。

OMA パートナーの重松象平は述べています。「国際的に活動する建築家として日本における初の公共プロジェクトにあたり、日本の歴史と文化の中で最も長く基盤的な時代を保存し現代の観客と共有することに専念する機関である江戸東京博物館に貢献できることを光栄に思います」

「既存の建築を物理的に変更するのではなく、やや「非建築的」なアプローチを取り、その独自の空間を最大限に活性化し、卓越したコレクションを際立たせることに注力しました。プロジェクションと光を用いることで、建物は博物館の刷新されたアイデンティティを外部へと伝達する媒体となり、より開かれたアクセスしやすい体験を一般の人々にもたらします。菊竹の最も重要な作品の一つの継続する営みの一部となることは特に意義深く感じられ、私たちの貢献は、建築と都市が一つの有機体であるという彼の哲学に敬意を表することを目的としています」

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OMA / Shohei Shigematsu Completes Site-Specific Interventions at the Edo-Tokyo Museum

April 15, 2026 – Tokyo, Japan – The Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum has reopened after a nearly four-year renovation, with site-specific interventions and installations designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu. The project marks OMA’s first public project in Japan.

The Edo-Tokyo Museum is the first museum dedicated to Tokyo’s history. Since opening in 1993, this institution has explored the city’s evolution from the early Edo period to today. For the renewal of its iconic building by Metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake, OMA was tasked to enhance public experience of the museum by better communicating its identity to the city, creating incentive for repeat visits, and making it more accessible. OMA’s proposal complements Kikutake’s architecture, treating the most special but underutilized spaces as canvases for surgical, scenographic interventions.

New marquees clarify and brighten the museum’s arrival sequences, especially in relation to traffic from nearby transit lines. The west entrance becomes a procession through gates inspired by traditional Japanese torii, and which evoke Kikutake’s original proposal for the space. On the east side, a circular sign recalls the museum’s logo, which is based on an eye in a famous ukiyo-e portrait.

In the galleries, projections at the sixth-floor ceiling transform exhibits into immersive environments, transporting people back in time. Changing skies, under which visitors encounter life-size and scale models of buildings and neighborhoods, bring artifacts to life. A panoramic effect is produced by projecting onto a curved screen composed of vertical louvers and adjacent walls.

On the third floor, the expansive outdoor plaza is activated to create a memorable conclusion for visitors as they exit the museum. During and after museum hours, moving images of traditional Japanese patterns, skies and foliage, prints and illustrations from the museum’s collection, and scenes from Edo and modern city life are projected on the building’s entire underside and massive pilotis.

To project at this scale, projectors are lined across the plaza’s full length. Hidden from view, they’re housed in structures informed by the geometry of tusjiandons, lanterns that were popularized during the Edo period, and double as new plaza seating. Flexible modular furniture made from locally sourced wood can be used for events and informal gatherings. The plaza’s raised, open-air condition makes this imagery visible from afar, and the city a backdrop to the installation.

Shohei Shigematsu, Partner, OMA: “For our first public commission in Japan as an architect working internationally, it’s an honor to contribute to the Edo-Tokyo Museum, an institution devoted to preserving and sharing the longest and most foundational period of Japan’s history and culture with contemporary audiences.”

“Rather than physically altering the existing architecture, we took a somewhat ‘non-architectural’ approach, focusing on fully activating its unique spaces and highlighting its extraordinary collection. Using projection and light, the building becomes a medium that communicates the museum’s renewed identity outward and creates a more open and accessible experience for the public. It feels especially meaningful to be part of the ongoing life of one of Kikutake’s most important works, and our contribution aims to honor his philosophy—where buildings and the city are one organism.”

■建築概要

PROJECT DATA
Status: Completed March 2026
Client: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Site: Interventions to entrances, outdoor plaza, and F5-6 Gallery of Edo-Tokyo Museum
Program:
Scenography　60,820 sf　5,650 sm
Museum　8,400 sf　780 sm
Total Area　69,220 sf　6,430 sm
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CREDITS
OMA New York
Partner-in-Charge: Shohei Shigematsu
Associate: Takeshi Mitsuda
Team: Sonia Grobelny, Woowon Chung, Mukey Pingmuang, Paulina Beron
Executive Architect: Total Media Development Institute, Co., Ltd.
General Contractor: Total Media Development Institute, Co., Ltd.
Renovation Architect: PLANTEC