Car brand Toyota has announced that the first phase of its Woven City in Japan, designed by architecture studio BIG as the “future of mobility”, has been completed.
Woven City is currently being built near the base of Mount Fuji, at the 175-acre former site of Toyota Motor East Japan’s (TMEJ) Higashi-Fuji Plant in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Buildings for the first phase have now been completed and around 100 residents are expected to move in around autumn 2025 or thereafter. Phase 1 will accommodate 360 people, Toyota said, with the official launch set for autumn.
Set to eventually house 2,000 people, the city features staggered wooden buildings by BIG flanking a central square and surrounded by a road.
The houses, primarily built of wood, feature solar panels on their roof and apartments have been designed so that residents have access to planted terraces.
Woven City, which will have a mix of housing, business and retail, was designed to “demonstrate Toyota’s long-term commitment to shaping the future of mobility”.
Its residents will be testing vehicles and products from companies including Toyota and its Woven by Toyota (WbyT) brand.
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