Article source: BIG – BJARKE INGELS GROUP 

Together with Toyota Motor Corporation, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group unveils Toyota Woven City as the world’s first urban incubator dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of mobility at the foothills of Mt. Fuji in Japan.

Envisioned as a living laboratory to test and advance mobility, autonomy, connectivity, hydrogen-powered infrastructure and industry collaboration, Toyota Woven City aims to bring people and communities together in a future enabled by technology yet grounded in history and nature. The vision, along with an animation by Squint Opera, was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas by the CEO of Toyota, Mr. Akio Toyoda, and BIG Founder Bjarke Ingels.

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• Architects: BIG – BJARKE INGELS GROUP
• Project: Toyota Woven City
• Location: Susono City, Shizuoka, Japan
• Size: 175 acres / 708,200 m2
• Client: Toyota Motor Corporation + Kaleidoscope Creative
• Collaborators: Squint Opera, Mobility in Chain, Atelier Ten
• Project Manager: Yu Inamoto
• Project Leader: Giulia Frittoli
• Team: Agla Egilsdottir, Alvaro Velosa, Brian Zhang, John Hein, Joseph Baisch, Mai Lee, Margherita Gistri, Nicolas Lapierre, Peter Sepassi, Raven Xu, Samantha Okolita, Shane Dalke, Thomas McMurtrie, Yi Lun Yang, Nasiq Kahn, Jeffrey Shumaker

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