LA 3001 Water Garden Project Fall 2021

Art Biotop Water Garden Precedent Study Lydia Thompson, Marie Brehm, Haylee Schlax, Rebecca Perez

Project Information Artificial landscape done by Junya Ishigami Nasu Mountains in Japan Relocation of the trees to make room for a hotel being built -

Enhanced the landscape instead of damaged Small ponds are now filled with aquatic plants and animals

Built environment without built objects This landscape art site is an emotional and meditative space for visitors

Locating Map

Diagram 1: Seasonal Water Level Change

Diagram 2: Topography & Boundaries

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Landscape is flat besides where water meets land Shallow pools -

Steep slope

dedicated path possible routes

Diagram 4: Tree Relocation Process

-At a rate of only four trees a day, a machine called a tree spade relocated 318 trees -Moving the trees and planting them on the same day prevented them from dying -Waterproofing the ponds allowed the trees to coexist near the ponds Yoneda, Kaz. “Arboreal Artifice: Art Biotop Water Garden by Junya Ishigami + Associates.” Architectural Review, EMAP Publishing, 25 Jan. 2021, https://www.architectural-review.com/places/japan/arboreal-artifice-artbiotop-water-garden-by-junya-ishigami-associates?tkn=1.

Relocation -An established forested was located on the site where the Art BioTop Nasu hotel was to be constructed -Trees were located to a nearby meadow that was previously a rice field.

-The architect was inspired by the site history

Bibliography Block, India. “Art Biotop Water Garden by Junya Ishigami Wins €100,000 Obel Award.” Dezeen, 24 Oct. 2019, https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/24/junya-ishigami-art-biotop-water-garden-obel-award/.

Demick, J., Takahashi, T., Wapner, S., & Yamamoto, C. T. (1996). Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0286-3

Ishigami, Junya. Dean’s Lecture Series. 21 Feb. 2017. Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois. Lecture.

Marchese, Kieron. “Junya Ishigami's Art BIOTOP Project of a Water Garden in Tochigi, Japan Opens.” Designboom, Designboom, 23 Oct. 2019, https://www.designboom.com/architecture/junya-ishigami-architecture-biotop-garden-projec t-in-nasu-japan-06-04-2018/.

Yoneda, Kaz. “Arboreal Artifice: Art Biotop Water Garden by Junya Ishigami + Associates.”

Architectural Review, EMAP Publishing, 25 Jan. 2021, https://www.architectural-review.com/places/japan/arboreal-artifice-art-biotop-water-garde n-by-junya-ishigami-associates?tkn=1.