East Village introduces a unique shopping experience by creating an urban marketplace under a forest canopy. With a sustainable approach at the heart of the vision, the marketplace has been designed to let nature in - to express an organic beauty using raw colour, texture, honest materiality and to be engaging to the senses. East Village is a journey of discovery and surprise through design and nature. The reference to nature and landscape in the finishes, fosters a sense of freedom and detachment from the demands of daily life.

Koichi Takada studied at the School of Architecture at the City University of New York and the Architectural Association, London. His work is innovative and refined. He melds the traditions of his homeland with today’s stunning flowing forms – an approach he developed in New York, London and Tokyo. Koichi Takada Architects, founded in Sydney in 2008, has brought a Japanese sensibility to Australian architecture. Creativity is the lifeblood of the practice. Koichi Takada Architects seeks to develop honest and organic designs that draw inspiration from the processes of nature, as well as from contemporary urban life.

Koichi Takada studied at the School of Architecture at the City University of New York and the Architectural Association, London. His work is innovative and refined. He melds the traditions of his homeland with today’s stunning flowing forms – an approach he developed in New York, London and Tokyo. Koichi Takada Architects, founded in Sydney in 2008, has brought a Japanese sensibility to Australian architecture. Creativity is the lifeblood of the practice. Koichi Takada Architects seeks to develop honest and organic designs that draw inspiration from the processes of nature, as well as from contemporary urban life.