Toyota and BIG roll out the future of mobility with Woven City
Together with Toyota Motor Corporation, BIG unveils Toyota Woven City as the world’s first urban incubator dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of mobility at the foothills of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Envisioned as a living laboratory to test and advance mobility, autonomy, connectivity, hydrogen-powered infrastructure, and industry collaboration, Toyota Woven City aims to bring people and communities together in a future enabled by technology yet grounded in history and nature. The vision, along with an animation by Squint Opera, was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas by the CEO of Toyota, Mr. Akio Toyoda and Bjarke Ingels. BIG will continue to work with Toyota and commence the design of the first phase of the Woven City, consisting of more than a dozen structures totaling approximately 50,000 sqm, with plans to break ground in 2021... [+]