Introduction / 3
When you see the part, you see the whole.
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Fantastic and Realistic Buildings by Terunobu Fujimori / 5
Studio Ghibli's Architecture Toshio Suzuki / 6
Ghibli Architecture as Seen by Architect and Architectural Historian Terunobu Fujimori / 18
Into the World of Ghibli Architecture / 29
『Memories of Marnie』 / 30
Interview with Art Director Yohei Taneda / 36
Using "When Marnie Was There" as an introduction, I wanted to trace the history of Ghibli from an architectural perspective.
The Wind Blows / 38
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya / 46
Heidi, Girl of the Alps / 54
From Up on Poppy Hill / 60
『Ged Chronicles: Legends of Earthsea』 / 68
Arrietty Under the Floorboards / 72
If You Listen / 78
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea / 82
Howl's Moving Castle / 88
Kiki's Delivery Service / 98
Porco Rosso / 106
Spirited Away / 112
Princess Mononoke / 122
Operation Pom Poko / 128
Memories Drop by Drop / 132
My Neighbor Totoro / 138
Castle in the Sky / 148
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind / 158
Studio Ghibli, Terunobu Fujimori, and the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum by Noriko Hayakawa / 166
A Dialogue Between Film and Architecture: The World of Memory and the Unconscious: Terunobu Fujimori x Hayao Miyazaki / 172
References / 190

“If you look at the part, you can see the whole.”

Since its founding in 1985, Studio Ghibli has produced numerous animated works.
Numerous buildings appear in the work.
This exhibition will reveal production materials such as architectural background drawings, drawing boards, and art settings that appear in the works, from the starting point [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind] to the latest work [When Marnie Was There], in order to express the representative buildings in three dimensions and at the same time to understand the origins of their design.
What is the appeal of a building? I believe one of its many charms is its connection to people.
Buildings are an indispensable part of human life.
But the newer buildings seem to have lost their original charm and even seem to be far removed from humans.
It is one of the things that is always closest to us and therefore often overlooked, and can easily be forgotten.

Meanwhile, Studio Ghibli has created countless buildings in the virtual world of animation.
In each work, we have designed unique buildings that become a feature of the story, including the bathhouse, Quartier Latin, Howl's Moving Castle, Manpuku-ji Temple, Kuchōki Bakery, Satsuki and Mei's House, and Laputa Castle.
Its charm doesn't just remain in the world of animation, but remains deeply in our memories, making us imagine that it might actually exist somewhere.

Film, especially animation, must portray the entire world on screen.
In other words, this can be said to be a device that reflects ideals.
Among them are buildings created from imagination.
But it's not just a fantasy.
We carefully observe the real world and then design the characters' lives and times after sufficiently verifying them.
As a result, a deeper relationship is formed with the characters, and the charm of the buildings in the film is further enhanced.

The same goes for the real world we live in.
People live in buildings built to suit numerous cultures and environments.
I hope that the works in this exhibition will provide an opportunity to fully appreciate the charm of buildings, which are closely related to humans.

-Studio Ghibli-