Museum Suzume

Introduction

Museum Suzume is one of several features of my proposal for the redevelopment of Tokyo's Roppongi 5-chome neighborhood designed to create community: a third place to socialize outside of the home and work/school.

Although the site’s neighborhood of Roppongi is replete with museums hosting renowned works from around the world, this museum is of and by the locals: it will host classes for and exhibit the creative works of community members, building connections and hopefully even sparking friendships between those who might otherwise never have had occasion to speak due to the often anonymous dynamics of life in an apartment tower.

Classes targeted at different age ranges and languages would be given in various media throughout the year. At the end of each course, each student would select one of the pieces they created to be exhibited in the gallery space for an interval which would include an “opening event” to welcome family and friends of the class members to view the works and socialize.

The Interior

The Name

"Suzume" (スズメ) is the Japanese name for the tree sparrow.  The name "Museum Suzume" plays off of the high overlap in letters between the words "museum" and "suzume" as well as the similarity of the building's roof to a standing sparrow.

Learn more

Learn more about Museum Suzume on the Izaka Hills project website.