When the news emerged that a new municipal building would be located upon the last remaining green area in the city, the citizens of Fukuoka erupted in bitter protest. The ACROS Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall successfully reconciles two opposing goals: maintaining the size of the park while providing the city with a powerful symbolic structure at its centre. The building utilises a series of garden terraces stepping up the facade, thereby giving back to Fukuoka’s citizens virtually all of the land that its footprint covers. The project was immediately approved and there were no construction delays due to challenges by the community.
Participants
EMILIO AMBASZ & ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK, USA; BOLOGNA, ITALY; MONACO; PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
Emilio Ambasz, Argentina, 1943. Lives and works in New York, USA, Bologna, Italy, and Monaco, Principality of Monaco
Authorial Collaborators
Green over Gray. Emilio Ambasz (2024): Mattia Colombo and Francesca Molteni (Film Directors)
Technical Collaborators
Peter Ydeen (Model Maker), Nikken Sekkei (Architect of Record)
Team
Hideotoshi Kawaguchi, Humbertio Cordero, Karen McEvoy, Rizal Oei, Hideo Tanai
Thanks
MUSE Factory of Projects
