Toyota Woven City
Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
Nestled in the foothills of Mount Fuji on a former Toyota factory site in the city of Susono, the project is envisioned as the world’s first urban incubator pushing forward the development and progress of mobility.
In collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, the Toyota Woven City is conceived as “a living laboratory to test and improve mobility, autonomy, connectivity, hydrogen-powered infrastructure, and industry collaboration”.
Imagined as a futuristic and advanced 175-acre cluster, “enabled by technology yet grounded in history and nature”, the project will generate a close community of people, grouped in a particular setting. Aiming towards achieving a carbon-neutral society, the intervention proposes a connected city, with a newfound balance between vehicles, alternate forms of movement, people and nature.
Location
Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
Client
BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group
Main expertise
Mobility Strategy; Mobility Consultancy
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- Innovative mobility strategy
- Integration of the most cutting-edge Toyota technologies with a strong focus on driverless vehicles, micro-mobility and shared modes
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Our contribution
Using solar energy, geothermal energy, and hydrogen fuel cell technology, the city, planned to be built as of the beginning of 2022, puts in place a “flexible network of streets dedicated to various speeds of mobility for safer, pedestrian-friendly connections”.
In fact, the traditional system of a road is broken down, dividing the public realm into 3 entities: a primary street for faster autonomous vehicles; a recreational promenade occupied by micro-mobility types; and, finally, a linear park, dedicated to the people and nature.
This approach is integrated or “woven” into 3×3 city blocks, “each framing a courtyard accessible only via the promenade or linear park”, and expanding in size relatively to the program it will host.
As part of the team led by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, MIC-HUB developed an innovative mobility strategy that envisages an integration of the most cutting-edge Toyota technologies with a strong focus on driverless vehicles, micro-mobility and shared modes.
