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Integrated Resort / masterplan

[Summary]

Landscape as architecture / hospitality organised through perception, sequence and ecological immersion.

[Team]

Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris

[Temporal Arc]

Immediate (landscape immersion) · Circadian (Blue Mind across the full day) · Chronic (wellness tourism as repeated restorative experience)

[Direction of Effect]

RESTORE (total allostatic recovery) · REGULATE (landscape as prescription) · ACTIVATE (leisure and culture)

[Neural Tags]

B1 = Nature views · W1 = Water proximity - Blue Mind · W2 = Immersive water contact · S2 = Collective memory + spatial identity

[Biological System]

Allostasis · Autonomic regulation · Molecular signalling (serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin)

[Description]

A NEW CITY FOR LEISURE, ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING AND INNER PEACE - a landscape enveloped by a veil that displays nature, embracing local and global identities, creating a unique island identity. 600,000 sqm of nature, cultural and leisure activities. A new, enveloping approach to the traditions and identity of the site. A novel, contextual approach.The Integrated Resort is a confidential candidature project by Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris for Japan's Integrated Resort legislation - combining hotel, casino, MICE facilities, cultural programme, nature infrastructure, and residential uses across 600,000 m2 on an artificial island. The project's central proposition is the landscape itself as primary architecture: a veil enveloping the island, displaying nature and embracing local identity, creating a spatial experience in which the built elements are incidents within a continuous ecological system. Confidential in all specifics. Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris. BfNA reading: this project is understood as a case study in movement, orientation, accessibility, safety, social mixing and collective behaviour. It extends beyond architectural production into environmental intelligence / how design decisions can support human adaptation, social responsibility, ecological performance and future evidence-based practice.

[Key Figures]

Typology: masterplan · 2018-2019 · 600,000 m2 · Programme: nature + culture + leisure + hotels + residences + casino · Artificial island · ~40 ha · Japan Integrated Resort candidature

[Neural Analysis]

AROUSAL ETHICS: Resort environments intentionally modulate reward and stimulation. BfNA reads the masterplan through dopamine, orientation and sensory risk rather than spectacle alone.

ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING AS PROGRAMME [B1][B2][W1][S2]: Adaptive functioning and inner peace as primary architectural brief - the most explicit alignment between architecture and neural-sciences outcomes in this portfolio. Biophilic design at landscape scale [B1][B3]: 600,000 m2 of nature-integrated spaces. Nichols (2014) Blue Mind Theory: proximity to water and nature → ↑ dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin; ↓ cortisol, heart rate [W1]. Cancer patients exposed 15 min to nature sounds: 20-30% reduction in epinephrine + cortisol [W2]. fMRI: water proximity reduces prefrontal cortex activity (anxious overthinking), activates pleasure/beauty regions [W3]. Kaplan ART (1995): nature-rich environments restore directed attention after cognitive exhaustion [S2]. RESTORATIVE LANDSCAPE AT RESORT SCALE [W1][B1][B3]: 600,000 m2 of biophilic and water-integrated landscape. Nichols (2014, Blue Mind): even brief proximity to water (10 minutes) measurably elevates mood via serotonin/dopamine pathways. Ulrich (1984): nature views during leisure recovery accelerate physiological restoration 2-3x vs urban environments. BfNA neural-sciences lens: the relevant question is not only how the project looks, but how it conditions movement, orientation, accessibility, safety, social mixing and collective behaviour over time, across different bodies, neurotypes and social realities.

[Social Impact]

SOCIAL: The ethical question is how entertainment space can avoid exploiting fatigue, disorientation and compulsive reward loops.

[ROI Sustainability]

ROI: Clarity, comfort and differentiated stimulation can support longer visits without overload.

ROI: Japan Integrated Resort legislation (2016) mandates world-class quality; successful candidature generates multi-billion yen tax revenue. SUSTAINABILITY: Artificial island design integrates tidal energy, marine ecosystem restoration, and zero-waste resort principles. MULTI-BILLION YEN RETURNS: Japan IR projected annual tax revenue: ¥200-700B per facility (Japan Government IR Review, 2021). Nature-integrated design generates wellness tourism premium - a global market growing 10%/yr (Global Wellness Institute, 2023). ESG / investment lens: the value of this project is not limited to carbon or certification. It includes public value, climate adaptation, inclusion and civic resilience, producing evidence that can inform investors, public actors, operators and future environmental standards.

[Applied R&D Lens]

Map sensory intensity gradients and route choices to identify zones of overstimulation and recovery.

At 600,000 m2, the Integrated Resort is the largest-scale neural science measurement opportunity in this portfolio. BfNA's Applied R&D would deploy the full Environmental Index across the landscape - correlating continuous monitoring (light, acoustic, thermal, humidity, air quality, water proximity) with physiological measurements (cortisol, heart rate variability, galvanic skin response) across the resort's occupant population throughout the daily cycle. The artificial island creates a controlled boundary condition: a measurable heterotopia in the most literal sense. A city-scale experiment in the relationship between designed landscape and human physiology.Future data layer: deployed through BfNA, the project could become a longitudinal dataset linking environmental conditions, behavioural patterns, social outcomes and ecological performance / transforming built space into knowledge for future design.

Citations:

Sources: Nichols (2014) Blue Mind · Ulrich (1984) Science · Japan IR Implementation Act (2018) · Japan Government IR Review (2021) · Global Wellness Institute (2023). · Environmental psychology of gaming/resort environments; Grasso-Cladera et al. 2025; reward-circuit neuroscience.

Project Credits: Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris; Team: Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris.Laura Role: Laura Ulloa - Project Leader / lead responsibility where documented in CV, office records or project archive.Image Credits: © Sou Fujimoto Atelier Paris and/or respective photographers/visualisation studios.Source: https://sou-fujimoto.net / https://soufujimoto.com.Project Credits & Copyright Notice: Every effort has been made to identify and acknowledge architects, consultants, collaborators, photographers, visualisation studios and other contributors associated with each project. Project descriptions have been rewritten and curated by Bureau for Neural Architecture (BfNA). Architectural works, photographs, renderings, drawings, trademarks and visual material remain the property of their respective authors, studios, photographers, visualisation teams and rights holders. Contributors are credited wherever information is available. Rights remain with their respective authors and rights holders.