Osaka Expo 2025 Foresting Architecture Pavilion / Takenaka Corporation

"Foresting Architecture" is a rest shelter to be built for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Rather than a building that becomes waste for an event lasting only six months, this is architecture that everyone creates together, uses carefully while maintaining, and finally returns to the soil to become a forest.

Situated in the heart of Tainan's historic Wutiaogang Cultural District, the Architecture Museum, Xinyi Street of Coral Stone—located at No. 13–17, Xinyi Street—stands near key cultural sites including Dueyue Gate, Jifu Temple, and the former Xin Fuxing Textile Factory. Originally built as the residence of Qing military scholar Hu Cheng-Yuan, it was reconstructed in the 1930s by Huang Sun-Kuai, combining traditional southern architecture with modern-era ornamentation.

Chieng Ban Kindergarten consists of two classrooms, two restrooms, a staff room, and a covered corridor that doubles as a play area. The school is enclosed by brick walls, accented with vibrant painted surfaces that create a visually dynamic yet child-friendly environment. The arrangement of square windows at varying sizes and heights not only introduces an engaging visual rhythm but also optimizes natural light and ventilation.

A Paint Company Office Inside a Former 'Robot House' – Located in Yongin City, South Korea, this project transforms a deteriorated residential building designed in the postmodern architectural language of the late 1980s into a new office for Dukwoo PCI, a small-scale paint company. The original structure was defined by its playful geometric forms and circular windows that evoked the silhouette of a robot from Japanese animation. Despite its iconic appearance, the building's aging materials and outdated structure made it unsuitable for contemporary office use.