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Michal

TEDZUKURI Traditional Japanese Craft center

Design for a Centre for Traditional Japanese Crafts in the city of Akita, Japan. A concept for an open exhibition and creative space to cultivate local handicraft traditions related to Kawatsura, Kabazaiku and Odtat Magewappa products.

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Kyoto Wand Café / Kazuteru Matsumura Architects

A bay-shaped landform formed on the banks of a river, separate from the mainstream. It is called a " WAND (湾処) ". The gentle flow of the river, while maintaining its connection, nurtures a variety of vegetation and forms a rich biotope. For everyone who gathers here, “ 京都湾処 (KYOTOWAND) ” will be a little bit gentle and free between "to here" and "from here".

Katherine and 2 others

Hierarchy

Sake House exploring playful changes in verticality through differing levels

Flora

Sake House Firewater

The design idea was to create a place where sake can be experienced and tasted in different ways. The Sake House should not only be the focus for sake lovers, but also attract the younger generation with different events. The design components are derived from elements of sake making, patterns and materials from Japanese culture.

Natalia

Little Library in Shakotan

The main idea of the project was to create a modular, transformable object with a simple structure, made of local materials. The priority was to fit the building into the character of Shakotan, which is a small fishing village living in harmony with the rhythms of nature and cyclical festivals.

Haoyu

A HUMAN-SATURATED NATURE

Tracing Birds, Finding Humans

minga

Tokyo Dojo

The concept of the design was the idea to create a central place where the world of experience around sports and the fan community can be celebrated together. With organic forms, the dynamics of the sport is also shown in the building structure. The design language combines traditional japanese pattern and modern architecture with technology.

Joe

HILT - Ecological Toothbrushes

HILT is a manual toothbrush service that empowers its users to reduce their plastic waste by providing handles manufactured from a selection of longer lasting, recycled or degradable materials. An accompanying subscription service provides the users with bristle heads, these bristle heads are designed to manufactured using the minimum amount of plastic.