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Koga Park Café

Koga Park Café is a restaurant located in the Park of Koga in Ibaraki, sixty kilometers north of Tokyo, Japan. It was constructed between 1996 and 1998 by engineer Mutsuro Sasaki (b.1946), and designed by the Japanese architectural firm, SANAA, run by Kazuyo Sejima (b.1956) and Ryuei Nishizawa (b.1966).

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Koga, Koga, Japan

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Kazuyo Sejima

Born 1956 · Tokyo, Japan

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An architect whose work often pursues lightness, permeability, and subtle social choreography through pared-down forms.

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SANAA

bureau · Tokyo, Japan

Role: designer

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The collaborative office of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, known for quietly radical public buildings and highly refined domestic space.

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SANAA: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

SANAA, Mohsen Mostafavi · 2006 · Actar

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