Toyota Woven City

WOVEN BLOCK — The Woven City block becomes more porous than traditional city grids, offering a more human scale environment. The 3x3 typical module has eight building blocks around a central courtyard for pedestrian mobility to weave through.

WOVEN GRID — The three street types interweave to create a 3x3 block module, 150 m wide. The streets on the perimeter of the woven block module provide vehicular access for logistical and infrastructural services.

MOBILITY TYPES — Typical streets are shared by vehicular, pedestrian, and other mobility types. The road is mostly dedicated to car traffic and parking lanes, while pedestrians occupy a minor portion of the street. Woven City treats each mobility type equally, creating three separated streets with different functions.

CENTRAL PARK — Thanks to the distortion, the woven grid system continues seamlessly throughout the whole city while accommodating a variety of scales, programs, and outdoor areas.

MAIN SQUARE — By distorting the grid, the central courtyard is enlarged to create a large plaza or park that can function as a city-wide public space.

WOVEN CITY — The woven module can be replicated to form a city characterized by a variety of neighborhoods. Each district is connected by perimeter vehicular roads, pedestrian trails, and slow mobility networks.

 — The three street types are woven into 3×3 city blocks, each framing a courtyard accessible only via the promenade or linear park. The urban fabric of the woven grid expands and contracts to accommodate a variety of scales, programs, and outdoor areas. In one instance, a courtyard balloons to the scale of a large plaza, and in another becomes a central park, providing a city-wide amenity.

VEHICULAR ROAD

LINEAR PARK

RECREATIONAL PROMENADE