Kengo Kuma & Associates

Towada Community Plaza

Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa

Towada Community Plaza

Kengo Kuma & Associates

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kenta Hasegawa

AREA
1875 M²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Towada, Japan

CATEGORY
Community Center

Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa

Text description provided by architect.

This wooden building was constructed as the city’s community center for people to gather.

Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa

We repeated the roofs for the façade so that it could merge into the neighboring townscape of small houses.

On the exterior wall, wainscot panels are applied with spaces in between, and it expresses a warm and friendly face to the street of the land to the north.

Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa

The street in front of the building actually extends into the interior, and is given the name “Michi-no-Hiroba (plaza for the street),” around which a children’s playroom, cooking studio and tatami room are arranged.


Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa
Towada Community Plaza
© Kenta Hasegawa


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Towada Community Plaza
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Kengo Kuma & Associates
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Kengo Kuma & Associates
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