Shibuya City Botanical Garden Fureai

Botanical Garden, institutional space, museum

The “smallest botanical garden in Japan” refers to the Shibuya City Botanical Garden Fureai. As 15 years had passed since its opening and the facility had begun to deteriorate, a renovation was undertaken to create a place that promotes local production for local consumption, as well as forming a community hub unique to Shibuya. We focused on the condition of having a “small space” and started to think positively about what can be achieved with this, aiming to create a participatory botanical garden, unlike the traditional “viewing botanical gardens” that use vast spaces for plant observation.