The competition for the new structure above the grand pier in Yokohama was won by Foreign Office Architects 2002. An organically [1] shaped wooden landscape with patches of grass undulation and sliding between the different levels.
[FOAs] Yokohama Ferry Terminal saw them burst on to the international scene with an extraordinary structure which blended infrastructure, engineering, architecture and landscape to create a new typology for transport.- The Architecture of Hope
The parking space below the terminal is worth visiting. How the border between inside and outside is handled in the elevator is worth noting.
Access: Nihonodori station on Minato Mirari-line, 5 min walk. Minato Mirari-line connect directly to Shibuya in Tokyo as Tokyu Toyoko-line.
[1] The meaning of the word organic in architecture is a completely different depending on context and time. For more about this see Imagining the organic city by Meike Schalk.
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