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TAKENAKA CORPORATION / JapanFurther images
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DFA Design for Asia Awards 2025 l Silver Award l Spatial Design l Event, Exhibition & Stage
Cycle of Life
At the Osaka–Kansai Expo, this rest pavilion redefines construction as an organic cycle. Its structure, 3D-printed entirely from cellulose acetate—a plant-based, biodegradable resin derived from wood—forms the world’s largest single-piece 3D-printed building of its kind. The exterior, sheathed in handmade seed-embedded paper crafted through community workshops, transforms with the seasons as vegetation sprouts across its surface. Designed to stand without metal reinforcement, the structure meets Japan’s seismic standards through precise geometrical calibration. When the Expo ends, it will be relocated to a nearby forest, where its walls will decompose naturally—returning architecture to the soil from which it was born.
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