Hiromi: “First of all, for the Fish Market gate, I came up with really big Calatrava-style arch but it couldn’t be built as we had to use the existing foundation already built according to a previous architect’s scheme, meaning we had to stick with its column positions.
“But the previous design was just like a toll gate, and therefore I wanted to make something else out of a big steel structure that looked like a fish, and which also had a tensile fabric because it had to be weatherproof.
“The other element to the right is vertical signage showing people where the fish market parking gate is, and it too looks like a fish.”