Grand Ring, Osaka (Japan)
Sou Fujimoto Architects- Type Culture / Leisure Ephemeral Architecture
- Material Wood
- Date 2023 - 2025
- City Osaka
- Country Japan
- Photograph Iwan Baan
Designed and built for Expo 2025 Osaka, the huge wooden structure in the shape of a ring is conceived as a symbolic piece that represents the unity of all the participating countries. It also marks a clear boundary in the diffuse territory of the artificial island of Yumeshima, a reclaimed area in the bay of the Japanese port city and that was up to now a large infrastructural void. The building creates an annular layout that surrounds the whole complex and allows free-flowing movement through the site thanks to its dual circulation route, one at ground level...
Cliente Client
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Equipo Team
General design, final design and construction supervision: Sou Fujimoto
General design: Tohata Architects&Engineers, Azusa Sekkei; TOHATA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS and Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.
Final Design, Construction and Supervision: Joint Venture of Obayashi Corporation, Daitetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd, and Tsuchiya Corporation, and Yasui Architects & Engineers, Inc. (North-East Construction Area); SHIMIZU-TOKYU-MURAMOTO-Asunaro Aoki Joint Venture (South-East Construction Area); Joint Venture of Takenaka Corporation , Nankai Tatsumura Construction, Takenaka Civil Engineering & Construction ; Showa Sekkei, Incorporated (West Construction Area)
Superficie Floor area
61.035m² (building area)
Fotos Photos
Iwan Baan; Roland Halbe; William Mulvihill
Nota Note
Drawings elaborated by TOHATA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS and Azusa Sekkei; Obayashi Corporation; Takenaka Corporation
