Naka Incineration Plant
Yoshio Taniguchi · Hiroshima, Japan · 2004
Yoshio Taniguchi turns a major waste-processing facility into civic architecture by extending Hiroshima's urban axis through the building. A glazed public passage—the Ecorium—reveals the plant's industrial machinery while visually connecting the city toward the sea. The project is notable for treating infrastructure as transparent public space rather than hiding it behind a conventional industrial envelope.