The Hanging Gardens of Fukuoka (7 photos)

In unison merged into this architectural raisin Japanese city of Fukuoka multi-storey building and the garden, as if climbing the stairs to a height of 12 floors ...





It is an unusual building - an information center for international cultural exchanges, equipped with a concert hall, a restaurant, shops and offices ...



But this is not it especially attractive ... And not even the fact that the original building is located a stone's throw from the central city park Tenjin (Tenjin) ...



American architect Emilio Ambasts chose this place for the realization of the idea of ​​symbiosis of urban and natural environment ...



The park, which is surrounded by the architectural structure, like a "creeping" in giant steps to the top of the building ...



On the roof surface planted 35,000 plants 76 different species ...



They have not only an aesthetic role, but also to save power consumption, as vegetation supports a higher internal temperature in the building ...



Although architectural experiment brings in three times less than the sales revenue than any other building, which could build on this place, the people of Fukuoka are very fond of their "green house" ... Suffice it to say that among the modern attractions of the city, he is one of the first places ...

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