山田陽平 / OYYが設計した、広島市の、複合施設「Mixed-Use Building in Hiroshima」です。
街中の遊技場を飲食店や事務所が入る施設に転用する計画です。建築家は、他の商業ビルとの差別化を求め、地元産の“レンガ”を主要素材とし全体に散りばめて共用部と専有部の連続性を構築しました。また、多様な新旧素材の“調整”を積み重ね空間を作る事も意図されました。施設の公式サイトはこちら。
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From July to October, Kengo Kuma’s largest retrospective exhibition was held at the Fosun Art Center in Shanghai. He was expelled from Tokyo’s architectural industry for more than a decade for a building that was too radical in design, and he had to go to the countryside to start from scratch, making his big comeback step by step, gradually owning projects in more than 20 countries. In August, he came to Shanghai after not being seen in public for a long time, and we talked to him.