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Upcycling, upscaled: Schemata Architects renews Japanese materials for an NYC food hub

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Schemata Architects’ design for 50 Norman, a new Japanese retail-hospitality hotspot in Brooklyn, experiments with trans-continental upcycling. - GION
Schemata Architects’ designers considered how to maintain the quality possible in their home country while making 50 Norman – a food-themed retail complex with a restaurant and seafood store – accessible to the American audience. - GION
They came up with a concept they call Dekasegi, which entails processing materials that would otherwise be discarded in Japan for use in the NYC project. - GION

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Schemata Architects’ design for 50 Norman, a new Japanese retail-hospitality hotspot in Brooklyn, experiments with trans-continental upcycling.

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