Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & Associates

This production and research centre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was developed at the outset by the Japanese client to bring a sense of Japanese harmony to the land. For Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & Associates, this attempt at harmony included paying homage to the Native Americans who once lived in the location and carried out daily existence with multiple generations in mind. With this background, the Japanese architects thus brought to the fore three guiding design themes: the past and the future, human beings and the natural realm, and that which is Japanese and that which is American. Kaori Ichikawa The gently undulating site feature views towards the Appalachian Mountains. On the adjacent site, however, the existing woodland... More