a steel pillar sprays an hemisphere of water over a membrane pool with a fiberglass reinforced
plastic floor. the water dome project consisted in creating hydrophilic spaces of various sizes
throughout japan.





a 6-meter-wide large-scaled dome marked its debut in tokyo back in 1999 and, since then,
it has been exhibited in osaka, yokohama, fukuoka, aichi, ibaraki as well as in sapporo.
it has attracted more than 1,200,000 visitors. to build the water dome, about 10,000,000 yen
of costs are required. until now, the production has been sponsored by companies or
advertising agencies. idea by architect toshihiko suzuki in collaboration with artist yuki sugihara.






from the water dome installations to a product idea - a flower vase fountain


ikebana water dome flower vase, 2008
design by toshihiko suzuki in collaboration with yuki sugihara


the domy's transparent fluid membrane is created by a circulating water fountain.


'mizunova' water dome cafe, illustration by yuki sugihara


'mizunova', a campus cafe with table display water domes at touhoku university of art and design, 2005

toshihiko suzuki established toshihiko suzuki architect & associates (atelier OPA) in 1990.
he is currently professor of design systems at the tokyo metropolitan university.