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Kuma Kengo design building is coming to Harumi area!

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The other day, while walking around the Harumi area, I found a mysterious building that uses a lot of wooden panels for structural materials. When I turn around the Harumi-dori St. side to see the architectural plan, there is a letter from the Kuma Kengo office! Oh yeah! Everyone, a building with Kuma Kengo design will finally arrive in the Harumi area!

CLT Harumi Project: Construction of Tokyo Olympic Event Facility

This mysterious building is actually an event facility for the Tokyo Olympics.
Combined with CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) panels from Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture, three buildings, including a pavilion building, an indoor exhibition building, and an exhibition annex, are about to be built. It is said that each building will include amusement facilities for children, video displays, cafes, etc. The Harumi area, which has an athlete village, is likely to be even more exciting for the Olympics in the future.♪

Kuma Kengo design building is coming to Harumi area!

What surprised me when I saw the architectural plan again was the short construction period. Construction starts on June 1, 2019, scheduled to be completed on September 20, 2019!　Can you do it in just 4 months?
According to research, CLT is a surface material in which wood fibers are stacked in an orthogonal direction and integrated with adhesives, and the panel itself is manufactured at a factory, so there is no need to dry like reinforced concrete (RC), so it is only necessary to tighten the bolts and assemble them at the construction site. Oh, that's how it will be completed in such a short time.

After the Olympics, go to the National Park Hiruzen

After the Olympics, a Kuma Kengo-designed building will come to the Harumi area to the National Park Hiruzen!

CLT panel assembled in a brown shape

It is said that this facility will be dismantled after the Olympics, relocated to Hiruzen, a national park in Maniwa City, and will be used as a new base for tourism, arts and culture.
After completing his role in the big city, Chuo-ku, my second life (Kisei?) A figure of spending time in the rich natural scenery of his hometown…。 I wanted to see it with my eyes too.

Access Information CLT Harumi Project

Access Information CLT Harumi Project Kuma Kengo design building is coming to Harumi area!

■CLT Harumi Project
〒104-0053 3-2-22, Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
A 5-minute walk from Kachidoki Station on the Toei Oedo Line