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Tetsuo Kobori Architects

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Tetsuo Kobori Architects is a Japan-based practice recognized for designing cultural centers and community spaces that balance preservation with contemporary use. The studio integrates architectural intervention with landscape and environmental considerations, creating buildings that respond to their specific cultural and geographical contexts.

The community explores the practice's approach to hillside construction, terraced volumetric design, and adaptive reuse projects across Japan and Southeast Asia. Work ranges from cultural preservation centers in rural areas to residential projects that carve into steep terrain while maintaining visual and ecological relationships with surrounding landscapes.

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Avik Bal1 work

Muhammad and Nadim

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Shirakawa-go Cultural Centre

The Shirakawa-go Cultural Centre embodies the traditions and history of the isolated village of Shirakawa-go while presenting them in a new and contemporary manner.

Nida

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Shirakawa-Go Culture and Conservation Center 2022

Beyond the first shade of the site exits a far richer dynamic -of people living as family across a neighborhood. The preservation of this UNESCO site was only possible because of the bond between the villagers. My take is to present the unity and pride of Shirakawa Go while paying homage to its culture. This project doesn't exist without its people

Maimuna and Lijiana

Kibo no Sakura Cultural Center

The name of our project is Kibo no Sakura. Kibo meaning Hope and Sakura meaning Cherry Blossoms, the national flowers of Japan. Both these words really drive our project. Kibo no Sakura makes the culture of Shirakawa more permanent and allows the residents especially the younger population and tourists to be more involved.

Prabhu and Pooja

Omah Gapura

Retrofiting life in Kota

Justyn and 2 others

Eco Favelas

We chose Sao Paulo as the location for our project. By distributing the individual functions inside the form, we wanted to show how a vertical city could look like. In the spirit of sustainable development, we propose several solutions: kinetic floors, rainwater, quantum glass, aquaphonica.

Samuel and 3 others

Green Nomad

“As the sun rises over the bustling cityscape of Singapore, our project stands as a testament to innovation, sustainability, and community-centric design. Nested amidst the vibrant urban fabric, our co-living and co-working space embodies a vision of modern living that transcends conventional boundaries. “

Ghayad

Cultural Center in Shirakawa-go, Japan

A cultural center in Shirakawa-go, Japan, that depends on using tectonic systems.

Mohammed and Yousef

SHIRAKAWA-KOI

An exploration of culture with material tectonics

Sara and Habiba

Tectonic Variation

A project that aims to show the beauty of the traditions of Shirakawa-go by displaying it on the a wooden tectonic facade that connects back to the village and its villagers

Misak

Shinkō komyuniti (Tokyo Dojo)

Just as the Olympics vision is to build a better world through sport, the Shinkō komyuniti (Rising community). Utilises sports spectatorship as the catalyst to celebrate and revive Japanese culture and its community.