OMA / Shohei Shigematsu Completes First Public Project in Japan at Newly Renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum

OMA | Edo-Tokyo Museum. Image © Vincent Hecht

The Edo-Tokyo Museum has reopened to the public following a multi-year renovation, unveiling a series of scenographic interventions and installations designed by OMA under the direction of Shohei Shigematsu. Marking the firm's first public project in Japan, the commission forms part of the broader renewal of the museum's iconic building by Metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake. Originally opened in 1993 as the first museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo...