2022 | Shortlist

10 Public facility/Community space

The Waseda International House of Literature （The Haruki Murakami Library）

WATABE Yu / KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES

Completion Date / Period : 2021-10-01

Direction : KUMA Kengo / KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES

Design : WATANABE Keita, WATABE Yu, YOO Shiho / KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES

Exhibition design : KATO Tsuyoshi, HORI Shimpei / TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.

Landscape Design : YOSHIDA Susumu, FUJIE Hiromasa / PLACEMEDIA, Landscape Architects Collaborative

Structural Design : KANEBAKO Yoshiharu, NODA Ken, OBATA Shuhei / Kanebako Structural Engineers

Equipment Design : TAKAYAMA Hiroshi, HIRAI Takanori, OONO Wataru / Kankyo Engineering Inc.

General supervision : Waseda University　Campus Planning Division　Planning and Construction Section

Construction : Kumagai Gumi Co.,Ltd.、KANDENKO CO., LTD.、SAIKYU KOGYO CO.,LTD.、TANSEISHA Co., Ltd.

Client : Waseda University

Photographer : Kawasumi・Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office, YAHARA Ryo