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Tadao Ando’s Manchester pavilion could be turned into green wall

By 2020-01-15T13:03:00

Tadao Ando's pavilion in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens

Freestanding concrete element may be demolished as part of revised plans

Tadao Ando’s concrete pavilion in Manchester could be covered in plants as part of a project to tackle its image problems.

And part of Ando’s 2002 scheme, a freestanding concrete wall at the top of the square, could be demolished.

Turning the Japanese architect’s only UK building into a living wall is an “aspiration”, said the council which has appointed LDA Design to produce a number of concepts for troubled Piccadilly Gardens.

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