New Design Picked 0For 2020 Olympics Stadium Following Cost Dispute

TOKYO, JAPAN - DEC. 22: A proposal by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has been selected as the new design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium following the scrapping of the initial design by an Iraqi-British architect, the government announced Tuesday. It said Kuma's team has received the green light for its "Plan A" blueprint, which cites a total construction cost of 149 billion yen ($1.23 billion), far below the estimated 265.1 billion yen for the controversial scrapped design by Zaha Hadid. The three-tier, 80,000-seat stadium will be built by a joint venture led by construction giant Taisei Corp., which won the bid to erect the facility. Kuma, who is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, has won numerous international architectural awards. Among his major works in Japan are the Nezu Museum (Tokyo), Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo) and LVMH Group Japan headquarters (Osaka). "We feel very honored to have won priority negotiating rights for an extremely important national project," a Taisei Corp. spokesperson said. After a panel of seven Japan Sport Council members met Saturday for hearings with two bidders, they gave Kuma and his partners 610 points out of a perfect 980, while the other bidder -- a three-way joint venture between Takenaka Corp., Shimizu Corp. and Obayashi Corp. -- scored 602 points for "Plan B." According to Plan A, construction work is planned for completion by November 2019, two months earlier than the deadline given by the International Olympic Committee. Ito's rejected design included walls formed by 72 Japanese-made wooden pillars spaced evenly around the stadium, with a construction cost estimated at 149.7 billion yen.
TOKYO, JAPAN - DEC. 22: A proposal by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has been selected as the new design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium following the scrapping of the initial design by an Iraqi-British architect, the government announced Tuesday. It said Kuma's team has received the green light for its "Plan A" blueprint, which cites a total construction cost of 149 billion yen ($1.23 billion), far below the estimated 265.1 billion yen for the controversial scrapped design by Zaha Hadid. The three-tier, 80,000-seat stadium will be built by a joint venture led by construction giant Taisei Corp., which won the bid to erect the facility. Kuma, who is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, has won numerous international architectural awards. Among his major works in Japan are the Nezu Museum (Tokyo), Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo) and LVMH Group Japan headquarters (Osaka). "We feel very honored to have won priority negotiating rights for an extremely important national project," a Taisei Corp. spokesperson said. After a panel of seven Japan Sport Council members met Saturday for hearings with two bidders, they gave Kuma and his partners 610 points out of a perfect 980, while the other bidder -- a three-way joint venture between Takenaka Corp., Shimizu Corp. and Obayashi Corp. -- scored 602 points for "Plan B." According to Plan A, construction work is planned for completion by November 2019, two months earlier than the deadline given by the International Olympic Committee. Ito's rejected design included walls formed by 72 Japanese-made wooden pillars spaced evenly around the stadium, with a construction cost estimated at 149.7 billion yen.
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