Who Designed The Portland Japanese Garden
It was designed for mediation and contemplation not as a pleasure garden.
Who designed the portland japanese garden. Stonemasons with a long lineage produced the garden s castle like walls using local granite. Notable existing or recreated heian gardens include. Located within washington park in the west hills.
The portland japanese garden which opened in 1967 encompasses nine acres 3 6 hectares on a hill near downtown portland. These years of experience matter. During its long history the ideals of japanese garden designing have been often modified by the prevailing thought of each period.
The japanese garden is built into a forested hillside in washington park on land that was previously the site of portland s zoo until 1959. The garden was designed by professor takuma tono of the tokyo university of agriculture. Originally the garden was inspired by the sister city program portland became the sister city of sapporo japan in 1959 and was the vision of the japanese garden society of oregon and professor takuma tono who graduated from cornell and then taught in tokyo before returning to the united states and was commissioned in 1963 to design and landscape the garden.
Working with architects kengo kuma associates and hacker knot designers developed an interior and exterior wayfinding sign program as well as donor recognition. Portland japanese garden is open thursday monday from 10am 3 30pm closed tuesdays and wednesdays. Within the portland japanese garden already a celebrated set of landscapes more than five decades old an expansion blends together new and old seamlessly.
The garden was dedicated and design began in 1963. Since starting ross nw watergardens in 1999 we have collaborated on private gardens with sadafumi uchiyama curator of portland s japanese garden. We have also worked with toru tanaka and larry tamiyasu.
Our team has a deep understanding of how japanese garden design works in the portland area. The garden opened to the public in 1967. At one time eminent zen priests designed gardens in accordance with the principles of their philosophic teaching.