Original Painting and Supervisor |
Public Art Artist FRANSEN Louis FRANSEN Louis |
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2007
H3.2m × W7.0m
Pedestrian Walkway on Haijima Station
Overall view of the stained glass Artwork "Beautiful water flow, dreams on the blowing wind: AKISHIMA"
The whole theme is “Beautiful flow of Tama River = Rich and pure water flow” flowing both in Akishima City and Fussa City, and the artwork at Akishima City side consists of motifs such as “sunrise situation” and “Akishima whale”, and expresses the image of the city. The screen is composed of dynamic and large flow which remains in the impression of those who come and go through the passage (not those who stop and look at it carefully), making it a work fully utilizing the beauty of glare reflection by natural light.
Planning : Japan Traffic Culture Association
Sponsorship : Japan Lottery Association
This project was developed with a grant from the lottery social contribution public relations project.

FRANSEN Louis
FRANSEN Louis
Public Art Artist
Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1928. After visiting various districts in Mexico, based in Japan, he taught at Tokyo University of the Arts and Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, and energetically developed public art (mural, stained glass, etc) production activities. In his works with unique modeling nuances and sophisticated color senses, even familiar motifs give us surprising and fresh impressions. In addition, he also left a number of achievements as a modeling and production specialist for public art, "translating" original paintings by other authors into murals and so on. Passed away in 2010.Location : Pedestrian Walkway on Haijima Station
Artist's Comments
Akishima City and Fussa City, where you know spring has come by touching warm water of Tama River, and you feel autumn by watching autumn leaves at Tamagawa Aqueduct, are areas with full of peace and moisture surrounded by beautiful landscapes of rich water and green, and located in Musashino Terrace. Haijima station free passage is a place to connect Akishima City (South Exit) and Fussa City (North Exit).
For the stained glass that is installed at Haijima station, I set the rich and clean flow of Tama River as a whole theme. And I show “Star Festival,” the summer festival in Fussa, and “Azalea,” the symbol flower of Fussa, on the stained glass at Fussa City side.
Haijima station is an important transportation node in this area. Many people come and go at the station for any purpose. Under such circumstances, in order to make the impression strongly left to those who see this stained glass, I made it a structure with a contemporary big flow. I thought about the design that made the best use of the beauty of the antique glass which is made by hand one by one, and that made people who see it feel the lively joy.
I hope that this stained glass becomes the symbol of Haijima Station, and the light inserting through the stained glass creates a beautiful colored space, which gently welcomes people coming and going at the station.