January 2021: Notable Milestones Reached

Jotoshiki ceremony - preparation

Craig Coutts adds YIS project team members’ names to the last structural beam for the Jotoshiki ceremony.

Jotoshiki beam placement

Last structural beam in place atop the South Building.

South Building framework

The steel framework of the South Building features massive diagonal stabilizing braces around the walls of the double gymnasium and indoor swimming pool.

Third-floor balcony garden

Large third-floor balcony garden area above the elementary open hub has excellent light.

Pitched Roof

Slope of the gently pitched roof is visible above the art & design area on the fourth floor of the North Building.

Auditorium

With the roof and structural walls nearly complete, the scale of the auditorium is now more apparent. View here is from the balcony level.

Elementary hub

View into the elementary hub from the library. Curved floor section is part of amphitheater-style reading and presentation space

Offset windows

Large, slightly offset window openings, one of the distinctive features of Kengo Kuma’s design, are visible behind the mesh scaffolding netting in the late afternoon sun.

Campus site - panorama

With the steel framework of both buildings now complete, installation of walls and roof continues and interior framing and infrastructure work begins.