GYREについて
The “vortex”
creates energy
The building designed by the Dutch architecture firm MVRDV stacks the floors like five boxes and then twists them into a spiral.
This shape gives it an organic appearance, as if it were a living thing with its own will. The impression that it is not stationary—rather, that it is moving or trying to move—gives the GYRE building a magnetic force that attracts people.
MVRDVMVRDV was established by three individuals, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, in 1991. The firm is involved in innovative design work in areas such as architecture, urban planning, and landscape design.
Plants enhance
our experience
The greenery at the building entrance was installed by artist and botanist Patrick Blanc. The vibrant vegetation enveloping solid shapes creates a gentle boundary around the spiral staircase leading to the basement.
Take in the colors, shapes, and textures of the more than fifty varieties of plants, including many that are unfamiliar.
Patrick BlancBlanc was born in Paris in 1953. When he was a teenager, his interest in the necessary environmental conditions for plant growth led to his “vertical garden” idea. He uses his research as a botanist to enhance his works, which utilize a mechanism that allows plants to thrive together for many years.
Green power
initiative
GYRE has obtained Green Power Certification. Since April 2019, some 500,000 kWh per year of the power used in the building has come from green power sources (renewable energy from sources such as solar and biomass). This reduces annual CO2 emissions by about 15%.
Thinking about how our own consumer behavior affects society is one step that is part of the “SHOP & THINK” credo adopted by GYRE since it opened.