Architecture: Atelier Brückner
Photo: Josef Šindelka
Geo: Osaka, Japan
What if we mix the architecture of Japan and Uzbekistan? Such an option emerged at last year’s Expo in the land of blooming cherry blossoms.
The blending of two cultures always yields unexpected results. The architects named their project "Garden of Knowledge," which combines traditional architecture with modern and eco-friendly technologies. The volume evokes strange sensations: it can confidently be called both a representative of purely Japanese architecture and a bearer of Uzbek architecture.
Visitors ascend from a closed base made of clay, brick, and earth plasters to an upper level with tall wooden columns, where air and wind flow freely, and sunlight creates elegant shadows through traditional patterns.
Among the natural, calm materials, lapis lazuli stands out brightly. Here, it is not just a color; it is a reminder that for millennia, the Silk Road traversed the land of Uzbekistan, with caravans carrying the blue stone that later adorned mosques from Samarkand to Isfahan.
Japanese wood and brick were used in the construction of the Garden, which will be repurposed for building an educational center in Uzbekistan after the exhibition. (I agree about the wood, but transporting bricks thousands of kilometers seems more like a manifesto.)
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Photo: Josef Šindelka
Geo: Osaka, Japan
What if we mix the architecture of Japan and Uzbekistan? Such an option emerged at last year’s Expo in the land of blooming cherry blossoms.
The blending of two cultures always yields unexpected results. The architects named their project "Garden of Knowledge," which combines traditional architecture with modern and eco-friendly technologies. The volume evokes strange sensations: it can confidently be called both a representative of purely Japanese architecture and a bearer of Uzbek architecture.
Visitors ascend from a closed base made of clay, brick, and earth plasters to an upper level with tall wooden columns, where air and wind flow freely, and sunlight creates elegant shadows through traditional patterns.
Among the natural, calm materials, lapis lazuli stands out brightly. Here, it is not just a color; it is a reminder that for millennia, the Silk Road traversed the land of Uzbekistan, with caravans carrying the blue stone that later adorned mosques from Samarkand to Isfahan.
Japanese wood and brick were used in the construction of the Garden, which will be repurposed for building an educational center in Uzbekistan after the exhibition. (I agree about the wood, but transporting bricks thousands of kilometers seems more like a manifesto.)
@gorkjournal · GORK
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