SYNTHETIC LANDSCAPES - TOKYO 2020
David Ruy, Research Project 2019 | SCI-Arc
This site is an island about 5 miles off Tokyo bay, on reclaimed land called the Umino Mori landfill, which is also the site for the 2020 Summer Olympic games. Historically, Umino Mori island was a waste disposal site and is quite literally built on a foundation of garbage and detritus collected from all 23 wards of Tokyo, which is sandwiched in between layers of topsoil. The periphery of the island still continue a site for waste disposal and landfills, thereby constantly creating new real estate off Tokyo Bay.
Collage illustrating part to whole relationships and the assembly of the produced field condition.
This site is an island about 5 miles off Tokyo bay, on reclaimed land called the Umino Mori landfill, which is also the site for the 2020 Summer Olympic games. Historically, Umino Mori island was a waste disposal site and is quite literally built on a foundation of garbage and detritus collected from all 23 wards of Tokyo, which is sandwiched in between layers of topsoil. The periphery of the island still continue a site for waste disposal and landfills, thereby constantly creating new real estate off Tokyo Bay.
