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Hanamidori Cultural Center, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, 2005 designed by Atelier Bow-Wow

The basic concept was for a “growing architecture”, in response to the developing activities of green culture, and for “parkitecture”: architecture integrating with landscape, in which interior and exterior are connected. Our intention was for a space as comfortable as in the shade of a tree that would provide support for park activities.  -- ArchDaily

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Between Cathedrals, Cádiz, Spain, 2009 designed by Alberto Campo Baeza

The project “Between Cathedrals” seeks to create an intervention worthy of the most significant location in the history of Cadiz, the oldest city of the West: the empty space facing the sea located between the Old and New Cathedrals.

The basic premise is to cover and protect an archeological excavation. Additionally, this new plane serves as a base for a space facing the ocean, a raised public space providing clear views unobstructed by cars passing on the circle road.  -- ArchDaily

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Museum of the Fangshang Geopark, Fangshan, Beijing, China, 2009 designed by BIAD

....a building that looks like an architectural entity climbing upward layer by layer and links the broken terrain into a whole. The folded plane of the museum with jagged edges metaphorically describes the complex geological changes in Fangshan District and echoes the hills in the distance. -- ArchDaily

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INCS Zero Factory, Nagano, Japan designed by KPF

The INCS Zero Factory and showroom is a building focused on merging landscape with architecture and art with technology.  Two L-shaped factory floors (one built, one planned) form a central courtyard, which is entered through an abstraction of a traditional Torii gate and evokes the serenity of a Japanese Zen garden. Within this open space, an east-facing glass-enclosed pavilion, containing presentation and public functions, overlooks a stepped reflecting pool. Oval in plan, the three-story pavilion is wrapped in clear low-e insulating glass, which emphasizes the uniform massing of the complex and reflects the sky. -- ArchDaily