西宮市貝類館（09-03）

We start off today again by visiting an Ando's architecture. I am getting fed up with Ando. It is a typical Ando: greyish concrete with glasses. Similar to the chapel of wind on the Mt. Rokko, there is a coverred passage way with tinted glasses (毛玻璃). This project, however, has a curved roof. Come to think of it, the curve may relate to the shape of sails on boats docking in the nearby piers. On the site, the building occupies half of the site, the edge of the building seems to line up to buildings across the street. Entrances to the building are not on the main street but to the passage way. Why? a student asked. I couldn't answer.