Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Suggested Note:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collections, Ms2024-077, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
2 Cubic Feet 1 document box, 1 oversized flat box
Creator:
Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko
Abstract:
The Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collection consists of one document box containing professional papers and one oversized flat box containing project records and two presentation boards.
Language:
Materials in this collection are primarily in Japanese.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collections, Ms2024-077, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials in this collection include several Japanese architectural and artistic publications featuring Matsukawa-Tsuchida's work; her 2017 book about Koto, a special ward in the Tokyo metropolitan area; drawings for two residential projects built in the late 1960s; and an album with photographs of these projects.

Biographical / historical:

Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida is an architect and regional planner with degrees from the University of Tokyo and is currently Chair and representative director of the Laboratory for Innovators of Quality of Life. Matsukawa-Tsuchida was born in Osaka but moved to Tokyo with her family at a young age. She now lives in Fuchu, a city in the western part of the Tokyo Metropolitan area.

She has a record of extensive professional service activities, serving as Vice-chair of the Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes (UIFA) Japon. She has also served as Chair of the Women's Architect Committee of the Tokyo Society of Architects and Building Engineers as well as serving as Executive Chair of the Planning Committee for the 1998 UIFA Japon Convention. In addition, she has both published and spoken extensively on the topic of women in architecture.

Acquisition information:
Materials were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2018 by the creator.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collection was completed in August 2024.

Arrangement:

The Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida Architectural Collection is arranged into two series: professional papers consisting of publications that feature Matsukawa's work, her own book, and other documentation of her professional life; and project records comprised of original drawings, annotated drawing reproductions, and photographs.