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Project • By Design Studio NAO • Cultural Centres
Teahouse 5.8
A historical Georgian ruin transformed into a Japanese Teahouse while respecting the building’s own unique charm. The challenge was introducing a Japanese cultural icon into the heart of old Tbilisi with a nod to Georgian cultures.
Masanao Tokuda
Masanao Tokuda
With that concept in mind, we held a design workshop to brainstorm ideas with local Georgian architecture students and young architects. We spent 2 weeks together to discuss what we should do to protect the traditional Georgian environment, and how we could adopt Japanese culture into the historical location. This collaboration contributed a lot to the final design.
Masanao Tokuda
Masanao Tokuda
Out of respect for the architecture, we kept as much of the e... More
Project • By SAW.EARTH • Parks/Gardens
Bohio Pavilion
With students from the New York Institute of Technology Graduate School of Architecture we constructed a kinetic shade structure, or Bohio, for the El Cataño Community Garden in East Harlem, New York City
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East Harlem, also known as El Barrio, has one of the largest Latinx populations in New York City. The El Cataño garden acts as a hub for the local Puerto Rican community, hosting events as diverse as domino tournaments, exercise classes and storytime for pre-schoolers. Students worked with garden members to design a structure that could adapt to these various requirements while responding to the seasonal fluctuations on the south-facing lot. Using compressed gas springs and mecha... More