The project explores the structural principles of traditional Japanese timber construction and their application in designing a large-scale mind sports stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

The country is facing a demographic crisis, with forecasts suggesting that half of the population will be over retirement age by 2050. To address the issue of a hyper-aged society, a novel entertainment typology is proposed. This typology integrates the popular Japanese mind sport of Shogi, which is renowned for its intellectual challenge and is widely played by an aged demographic. The proposal for robot figures seeks to provide a unique entertainment experience that combines technology with traditional cultural entertainment. Sited in Odaiba, a high-tech entertainment zone on the Tokyo Bay, the project explores a robotics mind sports stadium, which will create a new horizon for the ageing society within an urban context.

The overall structural system is developed by integrating traditional Japanese timber constructions of flexible structures and the reciprocal stacking method. The system functions as a component that can be combined to form a more extensive system for a substantial roof on a large scale.