{"id":6767,"date":"2026-05-25T01:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:50:28","slug":"can-a-small-private-building-become-a-better-urban-neighbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/can-a-small-private-building-become-a-better-urban-neighbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Small Private Building Become a Better Urban Neighbour?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6767\" class=\"elementor elementor-6767\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e5b796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40e5b796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20b796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f20b796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f3dc67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49f3dc67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76c40e59 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"76c40e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Project; Architecture; <br>\u57ce\u5e02\u8bbe\u8ba1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a0ff1e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73a0ff1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc0820c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"4cc0820c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h6 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title\">Can a Small Private Building Become a Better Urban Neighbour?<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>At Naka-Ikebukuro Park, KEY OPERATION\u2019s Clerestory Garden tests a modest urban proposition: how a privately owned shop-and-residence building can respond to a hard-working public plaza through frontage, planting, light and tenant activity. The Future Atlas asked architect Akira Koyama how the project approached that edge.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ddb623 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41ddb623\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c857d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c857d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_03-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Clerestory Garden at Naka-Ikebukuro Park seen from the edge of the public plaza, where the compact mixed-use building meets the wider Hareza Ikebukuro district. Architecture: KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS; Photography: Akira Koyama<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a6c120 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10a6c120\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703c4689 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"703c4689\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120ccd68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"120ccd68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d01766 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"69d01766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/zh\/connecting\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-pencil\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Candice Lim<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709b0a28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"709b0a28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a881aa3 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a881aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Naka-Ikebukuro Park was transformed from a sandy surface into a stone-paved plaza, it took on a different civic role: less a conventional planted park than an open urban square supporting cultural events and public activity. For Clerestory Garden, a compact mixed-use building facing the plaza, this condition became central to the fa\u00e7ade design.<\/p><p>The question that makes the project interesting for The Future Atlas is not whether a small private building can become public space. It cannot, at least not in any straightforward sense. The more useful question is narrower: how can a privately owned mixed-use building become a better urban neighbour to the public square beside it?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332cb2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"332cb2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_03.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Naka-Ikebukuro Park and the surrounding district, showing the building\u2019s small footprint beside the stone-paved urban plaza.\nArchitecture: KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS\nPhotography: ToLoLo studio Mayu Nakamura<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb816a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb816a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At ground level, the answer begins with use. Clerestory Garden\u2019s ground-floor tenant is a popular donut shop, with a shopfront that opens towards the street and plaza through large glazed sliding doors. Queues form along the pavement outside, giving the building a visible public-facing life and adding everyday activity to the edge of the square.<\/p><p>But the building\u2019s response to the plaza was not part of a coordinated district plan. According to Koyama, there was no formal coordination with the park authority or the wider Hareza Ikebukuro development regarding the fa\u00e7ade. The decision to respond to the plaza was the architect\u2019s own initiative.<\/p><p>\u201cThe site sits adjacent to a public space that was re-landscaped in stone around 2019 when Hareza Ikebukuro opened,\u201d Koyama told The Future Atlas. \u201cLooking at the hard, largely mineral fa\u00e7ades of the surrounding buildings, we felt there was an unmet need for a building that gave something green back to the plaza, even though this was not required or incentivised. That choice was made freely.\u201d<\/p><p>Koyama describes the building\u2019s relationship with the plaza as something experienced at several distances. At street level, planting at the base of the building is visible to pedestrians. From the middle of the plaza, he says, the clerestory gardens read as a green band moving up the fa\u00e7ade. From further away, the building\u2019s silhouette carries the planting across the upper floors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd3a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afd3a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-1365x2048.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-6801\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_02-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The building\u2019s frontage faces the plaza and street edge, with planting visible across the upper levels and activity gathering around the ground-floor tenant.\nArchitecture: KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS; Photography: Akira Koyama<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564e282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"564e282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clerestory-Garden-at-Naka-Ikebukuro-Park_18.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The clerestory\/transom garden places planting within the fa\u00e7ade band, allowing greenery to be introduced without obscuring the tenant spaces behind the glazing. Architecture: KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS;\nPhotography: ToLoLo studio Mayu Nakamura<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908196b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"908196b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Green presence through the clerestory garden<\/strong><\/p><p>The planting strategy began with a practical constraint. Fire-rated aluminium sash units could not be fabricated beyond approximately 2.2 metres in height, creating a clerestory zone above the shopfront glazing on each floor. Rather than leaving this as a residual band, the design team set the clerestory back from the fa\u00e7ade plane and inserted three-dimensional planting into it.<\/p><p>A conventional green wall was considered and rejected because it would have obscured the shopfronts and reduced lettable area. The clerestory garden became the compromise: a way to introduce greenery into the urban frontage without undermining the commercial viability of the building.<\/p><p>\u201cThe planting has grown considerably since completion and is noticeably more present than at handover,\u201d Koyama said. \u201cWe expect it to continue maturing, managed through periodic pruning to maintain an appropriate volume. The intention is not a static fa\u00e7ade but one that changes with the seasons and over the years, responding to the rhythm of the plaza trees.\u201d<\/p><p>The planting is managed directly by the owner as part of the building\u2019s overall maintenance. Safety anchor points were installed at each level, and the external staircase provides access to each clerestory garden. In that sense, the greenery is not treated as surface decoration, but as a building element requiring regular care.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6af63 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"dd6af63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe warm timber soffits visible from below, the planting that changes with the seasons, and the light that filters through the greenery into the plaza at night\u2014these are the ways in which the building tries to be a considered neighbour to the park, rather than simply occupying the site.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Akira Koyama<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d94fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9d94fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6802\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_11-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Updated view of the fa\u00e7ade planting after completion, showing how the greenery has become more visible along the building\u2019s upper edge.\nArchitecture: KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS; Photography : Akira Koyama<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95efa11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95efa11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Project information<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Project name:<\/strong>\u00a0Clerestory Garden at Naka-Ikebukuro Park<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Toshima-ku, Tokyo<br \/><strong>Completion:<\/strong>\u00a0January 2025<br \/><strong>Principal use:<\/strong>\u00a0Shop + Residence<br \/><strong>Structure:<\/strong>\u00a0Steel-frame construction<br \/><strong>Site area:<\/strong>\u00a082.84 m\u00b2<br \/><strong>Building area:<\/strong>\u00a065.47 m\u00b2<br \/><strong>Total floor area:<\/strong>\u00a0469.06 m\u00b2<br \/><strong>Contractor:<\/strong>\u00a0Watanabe Construction Co., Ltd.<br \/><strong>Structural engineer:<\/strong>\u00a0Delta Structural Consultants<br \/><strong>Facilities:<\/strong>\u00a0Comodo Facilities Planning<br \/><strong>Architects:<\/strong>\u00a0KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS<\/p><p><strong data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1354\">Editorial note:<\/strong> This story is based on project information provided by KEY OPERATION INC. \/ ARCHITECTS and written responses from architect Akira Koyama to The Future Atlas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e1616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7e1616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-2048x1365.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-6803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefutureatlas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-by-Akira-Koyama_01-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pedestrian and queue activity around the ground-floor tenant adds everyday movement to the building\u2019s plaza-facing edge. 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