Forestgate Daikanyama
We designed an urban complex of residential, office, and commercial buildings made of “wooden boxes” and “holes” in Daikanyama. The wooden boxes are clad with wooden louvers and are randomly stacked to harmonize with the human-scale streetscape. By opening “holes” between these wooden boxes, a path was created for light and wind to pass through, which visually and sensorially unifies the station and the neighborhood as one. The voids in the complex are lushly planted with greenery into which commercial buildings, offices, and residences are nestled. This contrast between cleanly detailed cubes and wild, green gaps creates a new liveliness and revitalization of the neighborhood through the “holes” and “wooden boxes”.
