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Kobelco Power Moka Meline
Firm LocationTokyo, Japan
CompanyTakenaka Corporation
Lead ArchitectYutaka Umehara
Design TeamNaonori Oda, Hisanobu Fukuda
ClientKobelco power Moka
A visitor center for Japanʼs first full-fledged inland thermal power plant. It was meant to invite primary and secondary school students around the area to visit this center that was designed like a hidden cave, with the excitement of being in an unusual space, and let the children learn about the future of energy and how it is related to the living environment. To blend with the surrounding greenery, the outer wall mutates, creating an intermediate space where the building merge into the surrounding environment, connecting the two different elements, the power plant and the nature.