Rokko Housing I, II and III

Architect

Tadao Ando

Year

1983

Style

Brutalism

Type

apartment block

Rokko Housing terraces an experimental concrete neighbourhood into the southern foot of the Rokko range above Kobe, refusing the usual answer of cutting and retaining a flat platform. The first phase, completed in 1983 on a steep…

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1983
Original construction
Tadao Ando
1985-1993
Rokko Housing II
Second phase extended the hillside concrete grid uphill with additional units and shared outdoor spaces, recorded at about 9,044 square metres of floor area.
Tadao Ando
1993-1999
Rokko Housing III
Third phase continued the multi-phase residential ensemble further up the slope and consolidated the project into a single continuous concrete framework.
Tadao Ando