Ángel Estevez-Calbo
Director and chief executive architect at Tokyo-based Met Team Architects who discusses the design philosophy and plans for the Iida (Ida) Maglev station plaza and Japanese joinery-inspired public space.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 33min
Japan’s future plazas with Met Team Architects and sculpture as jewellery with Giles Miller
Ángel Estevez-Calbo, Tokyo-based chief architect at Met Team Architects, on a maglev plaza that favors timber joinery, open park space and the Japanese idea of ma. Giles Miller, British sculptor-designer, on shimmering, fractal surfaces, kinetic artworks and scaling sculptural motifs into jewellery. They discuss material honesty, biophilic cues and how design can shape public experience.
