A Village for Our Time
It’s the antithesis of a hard-edged skyscraper: wrapped in greenery, it rolls, drapes and undulates, rising 40 metres before flowing underground, with homes, shops, a school and even a temple lying among its curves.
The ‘it’ in question is an innovative, organic structure designed by British architect Thomas Heatherwick for the Toranomon-Azabudai Project, an urban regeneration development in Tokyo masterminded by Mori Building.
‘It’s almost like a latticed tablecloth,’ says the
