TORAFU ARCHITECTS

The renovation of a facility serving as a training school for large crane operation gave birth to NEWLAND; a commercial complex established together with the SHOP, HOUSE and SCHOOL buildings. We designed the DOGRUN installation for dogs and people to bring together the various buildings spread throughout the vast premises.

The calabash-shaped curvilinear plane figure produces a line of flow when people and their dogs wander through the site where they find connected by a gradual curving line two rolling hills 1.3m high with symbol trees on top of them. The entrance of the DOGRUN is represented by an oversized doghouse. Underneath the hills is a buried tunnel made of a clay pipe through which dogs can run happily while their masters enjoy a little resting spot on a bench placed on the inside of the fence. This is a space where dogs and people alike can spend their free time.

The pieces of play equipment and furniture placed throughout the rolling ground help to create a green landscape out of this otherwise dry-looking piece of land.