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Gluon “using 3D data to save” the Nakagin Capsule Tower

August 3, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese digital consultancy Gluon is combining data from laser scanning with 20,000 photographs to create an augmented reality model of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, which is currently being demolished. Named the 3D Digital Archive Project, the team aims to use digital technology to create an extremely accurate virtual model of the metabolist residential block designed

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Curved roof welcomes visitors to Shinagawa Branch Temple in Japan

July 9, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese architecture studio Abanba has completed a temple in Shinagawa, Tokyo, featuring a gently curving roof that shelters a glazed entrance and reflects daylight into a triple-height atrium. Architect Toshihiro Bamba’s studio Abanba was tasked with designing a replacement for an existing temple that had fallen into disrepair and needed to be relocated due to

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Not Architects Studio creates Japanese house with void to “scoop up” views

June 18, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Aerial view of Scenery Scooping House by Not Architects Studio

A skylit and silver-painted void runs through the centre of the Scenery Scooping House, which Japanese practice Not Architects Studio has created in a dense residential area in Tokyo, Japan. Hemmed in by three houses on a small plot in Ōta, the dwelling is planned around a triple-height void to maximise views and light while

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Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers

January 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Stepped roof of student hub by Kengo Juma & Associates

A sloped roof lined with wooden bleachers and plants conceals the student hub that Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has created for the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Named the Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza, the building sits partially below ground and is intended to emulate a landform or river delta “that spills into the

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Flooat creates “fluctuating landscape” inside publishing office near Tokyo

October 24, 2021 Natasha Levy 0

Interiors of Kadokawa office in Tokorozawa

Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. The 9,000-square-metre workspace, dubbed Kadokawa Tokorozawa Campus, is situated just north of Tokyo in the city of Tokorozawa. Local studio Flooat was tasked with designing its spacious interior and decided

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Flooat creates “fluctuating landscape” inside publishing office near Tokyo

October 24, 2021 Natasha Levy 0

Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. The 9,000-square-metre workspace, dubbed Kadokawa Tokorozawa Campus, is situated just north of Tokyo in the city of Tokorozawa. Local studio Flooat was tasked with designing its spacious interior and decided

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Snøhetta organises Pangaea co-working space in Tokyo around “super furniture”

September 30, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Wooden super furniture in Pangaea co-working by Snøhetta for Digital Garage

Huge ribbons of wood provide desk surfaces in this co-working space in Tokyo, created by architecture firm Snøhetta for Japanese tech company Digital Garage. Snøhetta developed both the interior design and the visual identity for Digital Garage’s new co-working brand, Pangaea. The company plans to open workspaces in its various office locations around the world.

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Nikken Sekkei’s Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction

September 22, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Ariake Gymnastics Centre by Nikken Sekke

One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The structure, located a short distance from Tokyo’s centre in Koto City, was originally unveiled in 2019 and has been

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Kiyoaki Takeda designs Tsuruoka House to accommodate both people and plants

August 30, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Tsuruoka House in Tokyo by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects

Japanese studio Kiyoaki Takeda Architects has completed a plant-covered house in Tokyo featuring vaulted slabs filled with soil for growing plants. Kiyoaki Takeda, founder of Kiyoaki Takeda Architects, designed the Tsuruoka House after reading an article in the scientific journal Nature explaining that the mass of human-made objects had now exceeded that of all living biomass.

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Kazoo Sato designs hemispherical public toilet for Tokyo

August 29, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Designer Kazoo Sato has created a public toilet that uses voice commands to control functions including the door, toilet flush, taps and ambient music as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. Situated in Nanago Dori Park in the heart of Tokyo’s Shibuya financial district, the design of the hemispherical toilet was led by TBWA\HAKUHODO advertising

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