金沢21世紀美術館 | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Architect|SANAA
Location|Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Year|2004
Program|Art Museum
Area|17,069.00m2
Architectural Style(s)|Modern

みんなに開かれたお弁当箱
A bento box open to everyone

妹島和世と西沢立衛による建築グループ、SANAAが設計した『金沢21世紀美術館』。「街に開かれた建築」というコンセプトの通り、円形の建築には決まった正面がなく、どこからでも入ることができます。同じように、お弁当からも“正面”をなくしてみたら、あたらしい食べ方が見えてきました。

The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, was designed by SANAA, an architectural group consisting of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. As the concept of the museum is "architecture open to the city," the circular architecture has no fixed entrance and can be entered from anywhere. In the same way, we attempted to eliminate the "entrance" of the bento box, and found a new way to eat from a bento box.

ぐるぐる回るお弁当箱

Rotating Bento Box

#01

丸いお弁当箱は、回せるお弁当箱。ぐるっと回せば、同じお弁当なのに違った景色が広がります。だれかが回せば、さっきまで目の前に合ったおかずが遠くに。あたらしいおかずが近くに。回すたびに正面が変わるお弁当箱です。

A round bento box is a bento box that can be rotated to see a different view of the same bento box. One turn, and the side dish that was right in front of you a moment ago will become distant, and a new dish is in front. The “entrance” changes, each time you turn this bento box.

みんなでひとつのお弁当箱

Bento box for everyone

#02

正面のないお弁当箱。裏を返せば、正面がいくつもあるお弁当箱でもあります。だから、東西南北どこからでも食べられます。みんなで囲んでパーティーのようなランチタイムを過ごしてみませんか。

A bento box without an entrance. Looking at it from another way, it is also a bento box with several "entrances", meaning you can eat from anywhere. Let's gather around and have a pot luck lunch party!

おかずの個性が光る個室

Segmented side dishes with personality

#03

四角い部屋。透明な部屋。丸い部屋。カタチと大きさのバリエーションがあるから、つくるのも楽しくなっちゃう。具材を詰めれば、360度どこから見ても美しいお弁当に。主食。主菜。副菜。あなたなら、どこに何を入れますか?

A square room. A transparent room. A round room. The variety of shapes and sizes makes lunch fun to mix and match. Fill them with ingredients and you have a beautiful bento that can be viewed from any angle. Main dishes. Side dishes. What would you put in your bento box?