THE DESIGN PROCESS OF FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART AND THE TRADITION AND HARMONY THAT CAN BE SEEN THEREIN

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art was a project which Masato Otaka designed shortly after the completion of Gunma Prefectural Museum of History. It stands next to Fukushima Prefectural Library, designed the same time. In Gunma, Otaka was criticized for lacking harmony with the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma which stands next to the building designed by him. This study is to clarify how Otaka responded to criticism in Gunma, by analyzing the design process of two buildings of Fukushima. To achieve harmony between two buildings, Otaka avoided emphasizing contrast and tried to create the landscape of traditional fork houses.