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sound in the galleries are my footsteps From the exterior, the Benesse Museum
tapping on the concrete floor echoing Hotel looks like something right out of a
through the cavernous space. This is the Bond movie. And sure enough it turns out
essential appeal of the Benesse’s unusual that You Only Live Twice was filmed here.
hotel-within-a-museum: an exhilarating Inside, there is a lot of white: light woods,
intimacy with art. and neutral tones, minimalist architectural
style that emphasizes the use of simple
geometric forms and clean lines, as well as
the use of natural light, water, and other
natural elements.
As Tadao Ando says, “The creation
of space in architecture is simply the
condensation and purification of the power
of light”.
Accessibility to art is not uncommon on
Naoshima, where thanks in large part to
a corporate benefactor, a kind of coming
together has been taking place over the past
two decades, as museums, art installations,
cutting-edge architecture, and nature
blend in astounding ways making this
sleepy island an unlikely destination for
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