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Toshima Ward Office (Toshima Ecomusee Town)
Tokyo, 2015
This complex, unique in its creation in Japan, brings together the Toshima City Council, a Ridacielos condominium and a vertical garden. This height garden concept serves to the ecological purpose of the building. With solar panels and recycled wood, it is covered with this vegetation to give it the appearance of a huge tree. This urban oasis intends to reconnect the inhabitants of the city with nature.
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Japan National Stadium
Tokyo, 2019
This renewal of the former National Athletics Stadium seeks to use the wood as main material. While Kengo Kuma Consider concrete and steel as the materials of the twentieth century, see wood more like the material of the 21st century. Therefore, this stadium perfectly represents its traditional and avant -garde style. Through the joint use of cedar and small pieces of wood, it offers the visitor a striking show reminiscent of the sumptuous Japanese traditional cornices. Inspired by particular in the Pagoda of the Horyuji temple, for this project puts into practice the concept of «forestry stadium» with its recognizable opening style to nature.
Article originally published in AD France.