Marc Kushner on Ark Nova in Matsushima, Japan
©Anish Kapoor/ Lucerne Festival
Artist: Anish Kapoor
Clients: Lucerne Festival
Object: tourable inflatable building
Project start: September 2011
Project delivery: September 2013
After the massive Fukushima earthquake in 2011, this inflatable and mobile concert hall is made of a stretchy plastic membrane that brings both art and hope to earthquake-devastated Japan. It is designed by Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor.
The 500-seat venue can inflate in under two hours and, when deflated, can move to a new location on the back of a truck. Marc Kushner, author of "The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings," takes us on a virtual tour of the building. Made of a stretchy plastic membrane, the Ark Nova can be inflated within two hours.
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