ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 416
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Feb 20 09:37:36 PST 2009
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TOKYO SWATCH BY SHIGERU BAN
by Terri Peters
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The new Swatch flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district
immediately stands out from the surrounding high-end
fashion boutiques on this densely packed street. There
is no doorway, no visible sign, and no glass storefront.
Instead, a towering four-story void in the streetscape
seems to signify a civic-scale entry.
The building's enormous retractable glass "shutters"
create this dramatic effect when open. Then when the
shutters are down - on rainy days and when the
shop is closed - the building is disguised as a
normal, curtain-wall office building.
This unusual store, named the Nicolas G. Hayek Center,
is the work of U.S.-trained Japanese architect Shigeru
Ban. Even at first glance, the building reveals itself
as more than just a fancy facade: it is real
architecture, a project about volume, spatial
complexity, and experimentation.
Garden of Luxury
As visitors step off the busy sidewalk into the lobby of
the 14-story Swatch building, no merchandise presents,
and no salespeople patrol the door. A subtle change in
floor material marks the low-key threshold between the
sidewalk and the interior showroom. The massive lobby is
dotted with glazed hydraulic elevators, planted trees,
and a 13-story-tall hanging garden wall.
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Wayfinding
by David Gibson
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Many wayfinding designers are baby boomers whose
political and environmental consciousness was informed
by the futile Vietnam conflict and subsequent social
ferment of the 1970s. Motivated by a sense of public
communal mission and zeal for creative experimentation,
they gradually moved the wayfinding field into the 21st
century, building upon the foundation of experience
established by earlier design pioneers over the course
of the previous century.
... full story continues online (10 images, two free):
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Callison in Seattle, Washington - CBI Consulting in Boston,
Massachusetts - GKV Architects in New York, New York - RTKL,
with Holfords in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Foster +
Partners in Madrid, Spain - Rosemann & Associates in Kansas
City, Missouri - de Architekten Cie in Tianjin, China -
Gresham, Smith and Partners in Nashville, Tennessee -
Baldinger Architectural Studio in Phoenix, Arizona - Gail A.
Lindsey, FAIA, LEED AP in Wake Forest, North Carolina...
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