Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moreaux

by ThinkCONTRA | September 4, 2010

Wallpaper* Magazine recently profiled French architect Emmanuelle Moreaux’s newly completed Sugamo Shinkin Bank just outside of Tokyo. While banks are usually sullen, drawn workplaces, Moreaux felt that it doesn’t always need to be so.

“‘I hate the tension and nervousness at banks so I set out to create a space within the town in which people would experience nature and feel relaxed,’ explains the Tokyo-based architect.”

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