Mukogawa Women's University Department of Architecture,Architecture major/Koshien Hall

Koshien Hall(Former Koshien Hotel)

In the Historical Grate Architecture, Architectural space as "Composite Art" is sensed, its "Historical Value "and "Preservation Restoration Technique" are learned.

Koshien Hall as a Historical Architecture

appearance

Koshien Hall originally opened as the Koshien Hotel in 1930. It was taken over by Mukogawa Gakuin in 1965 and has been extensively renovated as an educational facility since then.

The buildings were designed by Arata Endo(1889~1951), a pupil of the world-famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright(1873-1959)and constitute one of the few remaining examples of Wright-style buildings in Japan, Koshien Kaikan fuses art deco style with Japanese cultural elements in a way that has appealed to architects both in Japan and overseas. Many visitors come to appreciate the edifice and surrounding gardens.

Koshien Kall is now one of the campus of Mukogawa Gakuin,providing facilities for full-time students of the university and also extramural students from the local community.We aim to conserve this important culutural asset for future generations.

Koshien Hotel appearance

West Hall

Japanese garden

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Atelier 1

Studio Class Scenery


Woodwork		Ikebana


Sketch		Mosaic

A space once occupied by the kitchen and the machine room was remodeled into a spacious atelier removing some of the conventional walls. The atelier is mainly used as a seminar room for “Fundamental Design Studio” for freshmen of the architectural department, where various arts using paper and figurative arts such as woodwork, ikebana and drawing are practiced.

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Atelier 2

Ceramic art


Roof tile production		Fresco

Alike the atelier No.1, this space was created as an atelier removing some of the conventional walls.This atelier is mainly used as a seminar room for “Fundamental Design Studio" for freshmen of the architectural department. To be specific, figurative arts such as ceramic art or roof tile production and fresco painting are practiced.

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Studio 1

A studio for freshmen of the architectural department. The studio accommodates 6x3 square feet drawing tables and computers for private use of the students

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Library

The architectural department library (capacity: 5000 volumes) The counter, bookshelves, reading tables and the chairs are of F. L. Wright-styled custom-made furniture.

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Dining Room

The dining room inaugurated concurrently with the architectural department. The room is furnished with the dining tables, chairs and lighting fixtures of the same sort as had been used here back in 1930.
A variety of foods, say menu of the day, pasta, omelet rice, curry and rice, Japanese food, salad bar and also a popular takeout rice ball are served.

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Art Supply Shop

“Kawachi Gazai” (long-established art supply store in Shinsai-bashi) has opened its branch in the Art Shop simultaneously with the setup of the architectural department. It opens weekly and also takes order on line. During lunch time, it turns into a place where students enjoy lunch. Incidentally this room was a bar when the building was used as a hotel. Visitors can appreciate the fine mosaic tiles on the floor that remind them of the playful spirit of the old times.

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Lecture Room

The lectures at the architectural department are given here. .

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Gallery

Articles from traditional materials and carpenter tools to most advanced materials as being used in modern architecture are displayed in order that the students can further understand the architecture through their firsthand experience of those materials and tools by seeing and touching them

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