ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 1 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1024671/tsunami-evacuation-complex-terrasse-orange-toi-imai-laboratory-iis-u-tokyo-plus-nippon-koei-urban-space Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1024671/tsunami-evacuation-complex-terrasse-orange-toi-imai-laboratory-iis-u-tokyo-plus-nippon-koei-urban-space The Terrasse Orange Toi project in Toi, Izu City, is designed as the first building in Japan to fully integrate tsunami disaster prevention and tourism functions. Toi is a traditional hot spring town, rich in Japanese landscape, characterized by its pine groves. Though bustling with tourists during the beach season, the town faces the significant risk of a 10-meter tsunami reaching its shores in just six minutes following a Nankai megathrust earthquake. However, after much discussion, the local community decided not to build large-scale seawalls that would spoil the scenic beauty of Suruga Bay, unlike other areas. Instead, they decided to protect the area by declaring Toi a Tsunami Disaster Special Caution Zone, the only such zone in Japan, and building tsunami evacuation towers.

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