Kooo architects created an installation dome called `An ju`, collaborating with the artist Mr Katori Shingo at the art gallery in Tokyo. They looked at the climate for constructing architecture in Japan, and decided to raise social awareness of the destructive power of earthquakes. Using approximately 336 disaster hoods to create a 5.3m diameter, 3.1m height semicircle spherical lightweight dome by connecting them together by a zipper. Their design embodies the color and texture of the artist's pictures range while reminding the public of the prevalence of natural disasters.
Anju, Tokyo
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Designer
kooo architects
Client
CULEN Inc
Floor area
21.00 ㎡
Completion
2018