Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Kengo Kuma&Associates revealed the visuals of Toshima Ward Office in Tokyo and the building is a perfect combination of wood panels and glass in holistic approach.The building is a new type of complex that accommodates Toshima City Office, an apartment house and a vertically-extended garden.

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Kengo Kuma&Associates aimed at architecture like a single giant tree. Leaves are our “atoms” here to softly cover the building.The studio named them Eco Veil, which consists of solar power panel, recycled wooden louver and greening panel.

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Like the concept of the entire building, the vertical garden “Toshima no Mori (Forest of Toshima)” is also an “open” facility to the public, and it revives the town’s vegetation to connect its people and nature, where even a little stream runs through.The forest also plays the role of an oasis at the center of the city, and a site for children’s nature study.

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Toshima ward office © Kawasumi·Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

Project Facts

Location:Tokyo, Japan
Date:2015
Service:retail
Size:94,681.87 m2

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