Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This facility is Japanʼs first natural grass baseball stadium with a retractable roof.It was opened in March 2023 as the home of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.In order to grow natural grass, the facility was designed to allow direct sunlight to enter through a large glass curtain wall.It also contributes to improving the amount of light and wind and provides a variety of spectator environments by horizontally opening and closing one of its large roof sections.
Authors: Takumi Watanabe, Hitoshi Setoguchi, Shimpei Murakami, Hiromichi Sugimoto
Institutions: Panasonic (Japan), Obayashi (Japan)
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409252713