{"id":14696,"date":"2024-02-11T17:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=14696"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:19:58","slug":"tokyo-builds-wood-city-cred-with-kengo-kumas-grand-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/tokyo-builds-wood-city-cred-with-kengo-kumas-grand-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Builds Wood City Cred with Kengo Kuma’s Grand Prize!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wooden buildings are rising across Tokyo, with the city piling investment into high-value timber production to replace steel and concrete-based mid-rise and high-rise buildings.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes AEAJ Green Terrace<\/a>, which secured the “Grand Prize” in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government-sponsored “Wood City Tokyo Model Architecture Awards” last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed by Kengo Kuma – the architect behind Japan’s 2020 Olympic Stadium<\/a> – the 3-storey hybrid building is the new home of the country’s peak body for aromatherapy – the Association Aroma Environment Association of Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mr Kuma, the complex timber<\/a> structure – made from SGEC and PEFC-certified warm cedar and cypress <\/a>forests – “reflects the very essence of the building’s mission – promoting well-being through the power of aromas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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