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Lazona Kawasaki Plaza

This is a project by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and it is located at Kawasaki, Japan. Project's program: Commercial facilities, shopping mall, two department stores, an office building (which could be the Toshiba Headquarters), housing, and the museum of Toshiba company. There are thirteen images for Lazona Kawasaki Plaza.

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Project details

Project name: Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Program: Commercial facilities, shopping mall, two department stores, an office building (which could be the Toshiba Headquarters), housing, and the museum of Toshiba company
Area: Floor area : 150.000 m2
Year: Project year: 2001 • Realisation: 2005-2006
Client: Mitsui
Project by: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

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Designer's statement

The Lazona Kawasaki Plaza project provided a unique opportunity to achieve the objective of creating a site which is not the sum of different uses but their integration into an aesthetic whole, a complex imbued with quality of life and a new landmark on the city’s skyline. The programme included commercial facilities, a shopping mall, two department stores and an office building slated to become the Toshiba headquarters. Lazona Kawasaki Plaza was a great success. In the first three months after its opening, it was patronised by over 10,000,000 visitors, beating a monster record previously set by Disneyland Tokyo.