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Rooftop Star Garden

Hakuten

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JURY VOTES
Light
7.14
6.29
7.36
5.71
6.63
Darren Xu
Darren Xu General Manager at Heytea
6.29
5.78
6.4
5
5.87
Claudio Pironi
Claudio Pironi CEO at Claudio Pironi & Partners
No information about materials and...
6
6
5.5
3
5.13
Andre Flinterhoff
Andre Flinterhoff Cofounder at Archicon Architectural Intelligence
5.5
5
6.5
4
5.25
Tanya Khanna
Tanya Khanna Founder at Epistle
4.47
5.59
5.81
4.65
5.13
Talar Bardakjian
Talar Bardakjian Creative Director at ODG
5.5
6
5.6
4
5.28
Stephanie Ledoux
Stephanie Ledoux Partner at AW²
5.55
4.3
5
4.12
4.74
Peter Culley
Peter Culley Founder and Creative Director at Spatial Affairs Bureau
5
5
5
5
5
Anda Zota
Anda Zota Editor in Chief at Igloo
4.24
4.31
3.24
4.38
4.04
Horace Pan
Horace Pan Founder at Panorama Design Group
6
6
6.5
5.5
6
Christina Wissing Oppermann
Christina Wissing Oppermann Commercial Director at Brandt Collective
5.69
5.6
5.79
4.93
5.5
Arne Schultchen
Arne Schultchen Founder and Creative Director at design for human nature
5
5
5.5
4
4.88
Filip Janssen
Filip Janssen Founder at Zware Jongens
5.5
5.75
4.4
4.25
4.98
Bart Veen
Bart Veen Experience Designer at Bart.Agency
I can't see how this design is enab...
5
4.2
5
5
4.8
Salone
Salone Founder at Salone del Salon
5.74
5.81
5.02
5.45
5.51
Designer
Client
GINZA SIX Retail Management Co., Ltd.
Floor area
4000 ㎡
Completion
2019
Design
Takumi Takahashi (HAKUTEN)
Creative Direction
Isao Kuwana (HAKUTEN)
Planning
Daisuke Masaki (HAKUTEN)
Graphic Direction
Kyoko Sato (HAKUTEN)
Photography
Nacasa & Partners Inc. | Kim Dong-gyu

The rooftop of GINZA SIX is about 56 meters above the ground, and as a rooftop garden, it is the closest rooftop garden to the stars in Ginza. We took advantage of the characteristics of the location to create an illumination that looks like a shooting star falling down on the rooftop. The monument set up in the center of the garden was inspired by the moment when a shooting star fell on the roof. Pillars of light spread throughout the garden. We created an illumination in the forest next to the monument with laser lights diffused by crystals. The effect is like a planetarium with shooting stars flying around in the forest. The laser light disperses where it hits and emits light like the twinkling of stars. The smoke that covers the space and the laser meteor light made visible by the breath of the visitors will give you a strange sensation that you cannot catch even if you try to touch it, and it will be like being enveloped by a shooting star. While illumination with a large number of LED light sources is the mainstream, we aimed to use light that would not be outdone by those with fewer light sources. As a result, we have created a new type of illumination that consumes less power and is not restricted to places where it is difficult to install illumination, such as floors and smooth walls. Ginza is also one of the most densely built-up areas in the world, with few places where people can freely relax, so this was an attempt to make effective use of the dead space on the roof of the building, given the limited land available.