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Works

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Housing Complex
House and housingWorks
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Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Housing Complex

Cast Iron House

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Housing Complex
This project consists of a gut renovation of a landmarked commercial building, renowned for its cast iron facade, converting it...
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: United States
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Housing Complex
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters

Tamadic Nagoya

Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Due to Japan’s excessive regulations against timber structures, it is impossible to build a “pure” mid-rise timber structure, so a...
Year: 2021
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Public Toilet
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, Others
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Public Toilet

The Transparent Tokyo Toilet

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Public Toilet
Public toilets – especially those in parks – have two main concerns: first, whether they are clean inside, and second,...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Public Toilet
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: South Korea
Type: New-built
Program: Training Facility
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: South Korea
Type: New-built
Program: Training Facility

HAESLEY HAMLET / Condominium

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: South Korea
Type: New-built
Program: Training Facility
Hamlet is a four-building complex that serves as an executive training center and accommodation built next to the Haesley Nine...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: South Korea
Type: New-built
Program: Training Facility
Year: 2020
Status: Unbuilt Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Timber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2020
Status: Unbuilt Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility

University of Arkansas Center for Design & Materials Innovation

Year: 2020
Status: Unbuilt Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Situated on a prominent urban site, the Center’s simple, classic building forms serve to reflect the programmatic use of the...
Year: 2020
Status: Unbuilt Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Paper Partition System2020 / Coronavirus pandemic

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
VAN has developed the“Paper Partition System”to be used in order to prevent spreading of virus transmitted through droplets.  March 14th,–...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant

hagukumu KOHAN

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
A grid was found to accommodate storage, display shelves, lighting, and air conditioning for the cafe’s needs, and the entire...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Interior
Program: Cafe / Restaurant
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation

Art Biotop – Suite Villa

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
Villa-type accommodation facility planned in a vast forest of about 16,000m². With taking advantage of the shape of the land,...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: 宿泊施設 Accommodation
Feature: Plywood Structure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: 宿泊施設 Accommodation
Feature: Plywood Structure

Farmer’s Hut

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: 宿泊施設 Accommodation
Feature: Plywood Structure
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: 宿泊施設 Accommodation
Feature: Plywood Structure
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Commercial Facility
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Commercial Facility

Full House

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Commercial Facility
This small book shop / café space, also used as community space for local residents and students, is an extension...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Commercial Facility
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: House
House and housingTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: House

Bookshelf House

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: House
A new living room is added to a cottage at the foot of Yatsugatake. On the gable side of the...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: House
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Taiwan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, Others
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Taiwan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum

National Museum of Modern Art Tainan

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Taiwan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
This art museum explores a building typology in which the art museum and the activities in the park are not...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Taiwan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Factory
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Factory

SWATCH OMEGA / Omega Factory

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Factory
Located in Biel/Bienne, the heart of Swiss watch making, The campus involves two brands, namely Omega and Swatch, clearly distinguishes...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Switzerland
Type: New-built
Program: Factory
Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Timber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Higher Educational Facility

Renovation project of the former architecture school in Nanterre

Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Higher Educational Facility
This is a proposal for renovating the former architecture school in Nanterre in the suburb of Paris. The architecture of...
Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation Cafe / Restaurant
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation Cafe / Restaurant

Kur Park Nagayu

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation Cafe / Restaurant
This Kurhaus consists of hot spring facility with a split-level double height space topped with a large roof structure composed...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation Cafe / Restaurant
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Paper Partition System 4 / Typhoon Hagibis

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Typhoon Hagibis(2019) strike eastern Japan. Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN) provided Paper Partition System and Honeycomb Board Beds in evacuation facilities...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Commercial Facility
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Commercial Facility

Paper Green House Les Tonnelles

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Commercial Facility
This greenhouse is composed of arches made from paper tubes connected by metal joints. on the exterior, a ready-made greenhouse...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Commercial Facility
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility

Keio University SBC Paper Studio

Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
This dome is a part of Keio University‘s SBC project (Student-Build Campus). Since the construction work by students was required,...
Year: 2020
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Airport Airport
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, Others
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Airport Airport

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport Extension and Renovation

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Airport Airport
This is an extension and renovation design for the existing terminal building at Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, taking into account...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Extension / Renovation
Program: Airport Airport
Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Funeral Home Funeral Home
Timber and bamboo structuresWorksWorks
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Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Funeral Home Funeral Home

Parc Funéraire

Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Funeral Home Funeral Home
This is a proposal for a funeral facility competition held by Paris, a city that is facing a chronic shortage...
Year: 2019
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Funeral Home Funeral Home
Year: 2020
Status: Competition
Location: Australia
Program: Office and Headquarters
Timber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2020
Status: Competition
Location: Australia
Program: Office and Headquarters

Atlassian Headquarters

Year: 2020
Status: Competition
Location: Australia
Program: Office and Headquarters
The main feature of this building are the multi-storey open spaces with Glass Shutters, a facade system which can be...
Year: 2020
Status: Competition
Location: Australia
Program: Office and Headquarters
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersPaper tube architectureTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility

Keio University SBC Dome

Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
This dome is a part of Keio University‘s SBC project (Student-Build Campus). Since the construction work by students was required,...
Year: 2019
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House

Shishi-iwa House No.1

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
The site contains a forest unique to Karuizawa, in which beautiful trees grow densely, so I gently inserted the building...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation

Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrasse

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
This hotel contains about 150 rooms and is built in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. The building was carefully positioned so...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Accommodation
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Timber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation

Chateau de Beaucastel

Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
The Domaine de Beaucastel produces one of the finest wines, of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. Considering this reputation, our approach consists...
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: Extension / Renovation
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architectureWorksPPSDisaster Relief Projects
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary

Paper Partition System / Hokkaido Earthquake

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
The Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake, which occurred on September 6, 2018, with a maximum seismic intensity of 7, caused significant...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
Disaster Relief DesignPaper tube architecture
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design

Paper Partition System 4 (PPS4) -West Japan Flooding-

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
The heavy rains in western Japan (heavy rains of July 2018) were heavy rain disasters that occurred from June 28...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: Temporary
Program: Product Design
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Exhibition DesignsTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition

Bamboo Pavilion at Tongji University

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Commonly used as flooring materials in China, bamboo flooring (thickness: 17mm, width: 130mm, length: 1,100mm ) with bolt fasteners form...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: Temporary
Program: Exhibition
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center Visitor Center
Feature: Plywood Structure
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center Visitor Center
Feature: Plywood Structure

Kids Dome Sorai

Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center Visitor Center
Feature: Plywood Structure
This indoor recreation and creative workshop facility was designed for children who are unable to play outdoors during the heavy...
Year: 2018
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center Visitor Center
Feature: Plywood Structure
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center
Timber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center

Tech Company Visitor Center

Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center
The Headquarters building acts as a hub at the center of a large tech campus, bringing together employees, clients, and...
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Visitor Center
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: Canada
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Timber and bamboo structuresWorks
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Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: Canada
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility

The Arbor at George Brown College

Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: Canada
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
The Arbour is a 10-story hybrid mass timber academic building housing classrooms, lecture halls, and a Tall Wood Research Institute....
Year: 2018
Status: Competition
Location: Canada
Type: New-built
Program: Higher Educational Facility
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
House and housingTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House

Triangle House

Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
To accommodate the triangular site shape and ensure design flexibility, the first floor uses a reinforced concrete waffle slab, while...
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: House
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum

Mt.Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka

Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
With its timber latticed facade reflected in the water, this building is a symbolic representation of Mt. Fuji as a...
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Museum
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Theater
Cultural, Commercial, Academic, OthersTimber and bamboo structures
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Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Theater

La seine musicale

Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Theater
This project is for a music hall complex including a multi-purpose hall, classical music hall and school of music, located...
Year: 2017
Status: Completed
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Theater
Year: 2017
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
Works
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Year: 2017
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters

Team 7

Year: 2017
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters
This is a new office building and a showroom of Team7 Company in Austria, which manufactures furniture made only from...
Year: 2017
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Office and Headquarters