Kengo Kuma & Associates
Natural Materials and Passive Climate Design (Japan)
Tokyo, Japan (international)
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Reinterprets traditional climate strategies with natural materials and passive ventilation.
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Kengo Kuma & Associates is a Japanese practice whose architecture is based on natural materials, passive ventilation and traditional climate strategies reinterpreted for contemporary buildings. Extensive use of timber and local materials lowers embodied carbon, while natural ventilation reduces operational energy. The studio is internationally influential for a low-carbon, material-sensitive approach that connects architecture to place and climate.