On June 6, 2017, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Ohta Ward, Tokyo to supply partitioning...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built

Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Project of a commercial complex in a vast site with rich nature. In order to take advantage of its characteristics,...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
After 18 years, for the second time at Gallery Ma, the exhibition housed projects in progress, revealing the design philosophy...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum

Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum
Before the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, production of carnations was a major industry in Futaba, Fukushima. In this area that will...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Education

Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Education
In this relocation of the campus from the suburb to the vicinity of Kyoto Station, the lower floor will be...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Education
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Office and Headquarters

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Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Office and Headquarters
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Office and Headquarters
This project is for the rebuilding of the Setagaya City Hall and Civic Hall originally designed by Kunio Maekawa. How...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Office and Headquarters
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built

Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
This is a museum for Historical and Cultural Exchange Center that introduces Oka Castle and Tanomura Chikuden, and a Community...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters

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Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
On the long site stretched from north to south along the JR Chuo West Line, the function of the government...
Year:
2017
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
This is a prototype for developing a housing system for a 50m² house to be built for 5 million yen...
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater

Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater
The project is themed as “Mito Civic Forum” and the site is located between Keisei Department Store, a commercial facility...
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater
On January 18, 2016, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Oita Prefecture to supply partitioning systems...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
In central Italy, three earthquakes have occurred in a row since August. The damage caused by the earthquake that occurred...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
The Kumamoto earthquake was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7 observed on April 14 and 16, 2016, causing...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

·
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Collaboration work with Jae Eun Choi...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built

Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
In order to harmonize with the surroundings, the museum, small hall, and large hall will be placed from low to...
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum

Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum
This art museum is located at Nakanoshima close to the National Museum of Art, Osaka. Not only the remains of...
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater

Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater
Generally, hall facilities, when there are no events, are large closed-up and unmanned boxes. They are only used by people...
Year:
2016
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure

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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
This new station has been moved 150m toward the mountain at an elevation 7m higher than before. This three-story facility...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
[Tables and Chairs] These tables can be connected by fitting in each other’s curves, and they can also be folded...
Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built

Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
In reviewing the master plan of the existing buildings and the landscape planning it was apparent that the Diamond Plaza...
Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Year:
2015
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
On January 16, 2015, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Kyoto City, Kyoto to supply partitioning...
Year:
2015
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan

Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
This is a commercial and office complex building planned in Fukuoka City. The front road is a financial district lined...
Year:
2015
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
On 20th August 2014, heavy rainfall struck Hiroshima City, Japan which caused huge landslides forcing over 1600 residents to evacuate...
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation

Year:
2014
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
In commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Dotonbori River excavation,Taichi Sakaiya planned a project to create a resort in the...
Year:
2014
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Japan
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Mountain hut built in the National park of Yakushima Island. The hut was rebuilt on the foundation of the previous...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House

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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House
Instead of being supported by conventional columns and walls, this “Furniture House” is supported structurally by the furniture itself, creating...
Year:
2013
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built

Year:
2013
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
The most prominent feature of this project is the wooden tunnel arch that links art and history. The wooden arch...
Year:
2013
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
This is the first large scale individual exhibition, consisting of not only small models images, and photographs, but of full...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2012
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial

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Year:
2012
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Year:
2012
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
To create a comfortable and homely environment, a timber structure, “house of furniture” is proposed. By providing the required shelving...
Year:
2012
Status:
Competition
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
This exhibition was designed to display sketches and posters produced by Irving Penn, in collaboration with Issey Miyake. The exhibition...
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition