Tadao Ando's Only UK Project to be Demolished

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Tadao Ando's Only UK project, the ‘Japanese Pavilion’ at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester is scheduled to be demolished as apart of €10m redesigning of the park and plaza.


Built in 2002the pavilion takes the form of a long, gray concrete wall along the park’s southwestern edge, which critics have argued divide the public space, describing the design as “bleak and depressing” and comparing it to the Berlin Wall.

The plans follow several years of public calls to reinvasion the gardens. Six months ago, a 20,000-signature petition to knock down the wall was presented to the Manchester city council.

In 2013, Ando himself admitted that the project could use some livening up, suggesting covering the structure in greenery.

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