Trees for everyone

Twelve trees made using Torafu-designed AA Stools, fitted with smartphone decorations where people can be seen moving, populated the Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo.

Torafu Architects, Trees for Everyone by Android, Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo, Japan
Torafu Architects designed the illumination display made using Android-operating devices, which can be found in the plaza facing TV Asahi known as Roppongi Hills Arena.
The project populates the plaza with twelve trees made using AA Stools designed by Torafu, which can be stacked horizontally and have the particularity of resembling a capital letter “A” (made and sold by Ishinomaki Laboratory, a DIY manufacturer, which formed after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake around a collective of designers based in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture).

In addition to being stacked horizontally, which is their distinguishing feature; these stools can be flipped vertically and pilled up to a height of about 4m to give visitors the experience of walking in the woods. To give the scene a touch of festive color, the front of each tree is fitted with smartphone decorations where people can be seen moving to the sound of a countdown and music.

This series of AA Stools that are randomly colored red and green can be disassembled and stored, thereby enabling reuse, once the event is over. This display of light, music and video expresses the wonder of people coming together and overcoming their differences, such as those based on race, gender, age, occupation and personal taste, etc.


Trees for Everyone by Android, Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo, Japan
Program: installation
Architects: Torafu Architects
Client: Android
Production management: Dentsu, Dentsu Isobar
Technical Direction: Birdman
Movie: Kouichirotsujikawa (Glassloft),Monster, Kokihifumi, TokyoSoundProduction, Bepop, Liberty House, Moi,Tacs Odaiba Studio, Freelance
Movie maker: Tyo Productions1, Fantasista, Freelance
Funiture: Ishinomaki Laboratory
Graphic design: Taki Corporation
Music: Cornelius,Aiin
Area: 1,120 sqm
Completion: 2015

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