Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan

From series “Glass Architecture - Impressive Villas and Buildings from Glass”

In Tokyo in a student quarter, you can see an unusual glass building. It is a campus of the Kanagawa Institute of Technology. Junya Ishigami has graduated from the institute and became an author of this building. He with a help of modern architects brought to life this unique project. This building in Tokyo is one of the most transparent in the world.

Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
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Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan The unique building has only one room in 2 000 square meters. The basis of the building is made from the white metal columns. The architect got BSI Swiss Architectural Award for this glass building. The university campus has a number of peculiarities. The main is a variety of plants, which decorate the institute inside. The hall has a lot of large pots with different flowers and adornment plants. The room also has some areas with a roofed garden.

The glass building is surrounded by wonderful trees and landscape areas. The visitors feel themselves like in a forest. The large hall is fully equipped for lessons. It has beautiful and comfortable furniture from the light-coloured wood, other elements of the decoration are painted in white. The unusual institute campus is situated among the lively streets. A lot of people come here in order to look at the plants through the glass and to adore with the great atmosphere inside. Next - Sage Gateshead

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Car rental office: 'Orix Rent-a-car' is located in 1.25 km ( on the map).
Supermarket: 'Manekineko' in 0.03 km
Parking: 'Dohogawa Park Parking Lot' in 0.22 km
Police station: 'Police box' in 0.78 km
Railway station: 'Banda Station' in 0.87 km

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