World's Largest Wooden Structure The Grand Ring in Osaka to be Dismantled for Fuel
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Nat Barker
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Summary
The Grand Ring in Osaka, the world's largest wooden structure built for Expo 2025, will be mostly dismantled and turned into firewood or wood chips for fuel. Architect Sou Fujimoto confirmed the demolition is already underway, with the two-kilometer circumference structure being repurposed rather than preserved. The temporary nature of the structure was planned from the beginning, though the specific fate as fuel was not originally anticipated.
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· 4 pulledThe Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, its architect Sou Fujimoto has told Dezeen.
Constructed to encircle the site of Expo 2025 Osaka, which ran from April to October, The Grand Ring was the largest wooden structure in the world, with a circumference of two kilometres and covering more than 61,000 square metres.
Demolition already underway
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