{"id":4075,"date":"2015-12-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/tokyo-2020-plan-b\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:49:38","slug":"tokyo-2020-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/details\/tokyo-2020-plan-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium: How Do You Top Zaha Hadid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most talked-about stories in architecture this year has been Tokyo\u2019s decision to scrap <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/zaha-hadid-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zaha Hadid<\/a>\u2019s competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium. Fueled by concerns over spiraling costs, public discontentment at the scale of the proposed arena, and mounting criticism from Japanese architects, the city pulled the plug on the British-Iraqi architect\u2019s commission \u2014 opening the door for a fresh design by a local firm.<\/p>\n<p>This week, two shortlisted proposals were revealed by the Japan Sport Council: simply titled \u201cDesign A\u201d and \u201cDesign B.\u201d The firms responsible remain anonymous, but local news reports that the new projects are the works of <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/kengo-kuma-and-associates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kengo Kuma<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/toyo-ito-associates-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyo Ito<\/a>, respectively. More closely examining the designs, certain features appear to validate these claims; the timber-framed, plant-lined exterior of Design A echoes many of Kuma\u2019s recent projects, while the light and gently undulating canopy hovering above Design B evokes the sinuous lines of Ito\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: are these proposals equal to or better than Zaha Hadid\u2019s original vision?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370753toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-01-818x545.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Design A \u2013 probably the work of Kengo Kuma; courtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370527toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-04.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Design B \u2013 probably the work of Toyo Ito; courtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370057zaha-hadid-national-olympic-stadium-tokyo-2020-design-scrapped-designboom-02-818x485.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Zaha Hadid\u2019s Original Tokyo Stadium. Courtesy <\/i><i><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/methanoia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Methanoia<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public reaction to the new designs around the web has been peculiar. The negativity that has surrounded this controversial project from the outset appears to be infectious, and the new proposals are not immune. \u201cTwo words: #BloodyDreadful \u2026 Tokyo has become pure snoozeville,\u201d proclaimed one user in the comments section of ArchDaily\u2019s report on the new designs. Another user remarked: \u201cBanality at its best. Shame on you, Japan.\u201d The derisive outbursts go on and on.<\/p>\n<p>Hold on a moment, though. \u201cSnoozeville?\u201d \u201cBanality at its best?\u201d These comments come following an online outcry over Hadid\u2019s overtly iconic design, which countless commentators labeled overwhelming, ill-proportioned, and lacking in sensitivity toward the context of Tokyo\u2019s Yoyogi Park, home of the famous Meiji Jing\u016b Shrine and garden. It seems that there will always be some that find fault in proposals for an architectural typology that is monumental by definition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370638toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-02.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i> Exterior perspective of Design A; c<\/i><i>ourtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It is arguable that an 80,000-person-capacity stadium will inevitably become the center of attention within its urban locality. With this in mind, an extroverted proposal like Hadid\u2019s can easily be lambasted as an example of architectural showboating. On the other hand, if a more conservative approach is taken \u2014 as is the case with Designs A and B \u2014 a reserved style on such a huge scale will inevitably fall into the trap of perceived banality or, worse still, triteness. One firm to have struck a positive balance between these two conditions in recent times is <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/herzog-de-meuron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herzog and de Meuron<\/a>, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/herzog-and-de-meuron-bordeaux-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bordeaux Stadium<\/a> stands as that rarest of things in sports architecture: an understated icon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370617toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-03.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i> Interior perspective of Design A; c<\/i><i>ourtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Hadid\u2019s swooping, sculptural form won an international competition ahead of many prestigious firms including Populous \u2014 architects of London\u2019s Olympic Stadium for 2012 \u2014 and many Japanese firms such as SANAA, Azusa Sekkei, and even Toyo Ito, so she must have done something right, surely? For all the talk of scale and design, it appears that Hadid\u2019s biggest problem pertained to procurement and politics: the lack of a competitive tender process raised the risk of construction costs escalating. Additionally, with a persisting sentiment that \u201clocal\u201d tends to equal \u201cbetter\u201d in Japan, the British-born architect faced an insurmountable challenge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370496toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-07.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i> Exterior perspective of Design B; c<\/i><i>ourtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Whether one agrees with the dismissal of Hadid or not, the new designs must be defended. Each looks far less likely to cause outrage on an economic front, and, whichever is chosen, a more compact building footprint will undoubtedly have a lesser impact on the surrounding park than Zaha\u2019s sinuous structure. Furthermore, the considered detailing of both Kuma and Ito will surely mean that the winning stadium is anything but banal in reality \u2014 particularly when viewed up close rather than the drone\u2019s-eye view chosen for many of the external visualizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1450212370064toyo-ito-kengo-kuma-toyko-national-stadium-japan-sport-council-designboom-06.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i> Interior perspective of Design B; c<\/i><i>ourtesy of the Japan Sport Council<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Returning to ArchDaily\u2019s comments section, one can pick out a few more positive views in between the dissent. \u201cThose who say the designs are ugly obviously do not know anything about Japanese sensibilities,\u201d says one user. \u201cThese are waaay better than Zaha\u2019s. Tradition in a contemporary style! That is Japan,\u201d said another. \u201cWay better\u201d might be a stretch \u2014 but, with either Kuma or Ito on board, there is hope that the reality can surpass the renderings in Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most talked-about stories in architecture this year has been Tokyo\u2019s decision to scrap Zaha Hadid\u2019s competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium. 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