Tadao Ando's mixed-use complex in Hyogo, Japan
This massive mixed-use complex was constructed on the remains of a hillside whose earth had been used for a huge landfill project for the Osaka Bay area. The design reconstructs the landscape that had been destroyed but also, through the idea of rebirth and reconstruction, serves as a memorial to the thousands who had lost their lives and the destruction of land in the massive earthquake that shook the Kobe region in 1995. The complex is vast in scale, yet the design manages capture the small quiet moments for which Ando is known.
Link: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center
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Location: L+L Maps - Awaji Yumebutai Conference Centre
The design for the Centre is comprised of a series of intersecting geometric parts that make up a whole. It consists of a hotel, chapel, international conference center, restaurants, terracing flower gardens, water gardens, plazas that are animated through light and shadow and sounds of running water, a green house, and outdoor theater. What interests me most is how this manmade construction integrates into, weaves through, and in many instances is an armature for the landscape. Rather than carving the earth away to accommodate the buildings, this design investigates the restoration of the site through a re-imagined topography, filling the void of what was previously removed.
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